.NET Rocks!

Carl Franklin podcasts

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.NET Rocks! is an Internet Audio Talk Show for Microsoft .NET Developers.

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Beth Massi Builds Apps with LightSwitch in Studio 11
5/22/2012
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Duration: 51:00

Carl and Richard talk to Beth Massi about the latest incarnation of LightSwitch. In 2011 LightSwitch shipped as a separate install, but the upcoming version of LightSwitch is part of every SKU of Studio 11. Beth talks about how LightSwitch has evolved to be an awesome consumer and creator of data, making it simple to create oData interfaces over anything. The conversation also digs into the role of Silverlight, the evolution of the client and how LightSwitch makes apps in the cloud much simpler.
Mister Franklin Goes to Washington
5/17/2012
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Duration: 49:00

On Sunday, May 6th, Carl went to Washington, DC for a Fly-In at the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) for the purpose of talking to Senators and Representatives about issues around technology. He also talked to many of the developers and IT people who were attending these meetings, some of whom are regulars on .NET Rocks! This is a very special .NET Rocks! We hope you enjoy it.
Micheal Learned Tours Us Around Studio 11
5/15/2012
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Duration: 56:00

Carl and Richard talk to Micheal Learned about the new ALM features coming in Visual Studio 11.
Rob Conery Codes in CoffeeScript
5/10/2012
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Duration: 44:00

Carl and Richard talk to the one-and-only Rob Conery about CoffeeScript. Why would you use a language to generate Javascript? Rob talks about how CoffeeScript is designed to be human readable while JavaScript is much more machine-readable. Indents matter! No curly braces! Dogs and cats living together! It's chaos! But it's a happy chaos. Check it out!
Brian Noyes Builds Single Page Applications
5/8/2012
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Duration: 55:00

Carl and Richard talk to Brian Noyes about the Single Page Application (SPA) feature coming in MVC 4. Brian talks about the similarities of the design patterns for SPA to the more classical Silverlight or WPF application with RIA or WCF services on the back end. While hardly new to the web space (SPAs can be traced back to Outlook Web Access circa 2002), SPAs are going to be part of Studio 11. Brian talks through the strengths and weaknesses of the approach.
Catching Up with Ted Neward
5/3/2012
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Duration: 45:00

Carl and Richard catch up with Ted Neward - it had been too long since he was on! The conversation starts off talking about the maturity of .NET and how unimpressed Ted is with Async and Await. Ted also talks about Javascript and Ruby and the evolution of languages as a whole. Finally, NoSQL makes an appearance with a discussion around the issues of ORM. Has Ted Neward become a grumpy old man?
Glenn Block Does node.js on Azure
5/1/2012
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Duration: 43:00

Carl and Richard talk to Glenn Block about node.js on Azure. Glenn digs into how node.js has grown in popularity, and points to the Cloud9 IDE as a development environment in the Cloud as an example of a node.js application - which happens to be able to build node.js applications. And Cloud 9 can deploy node.js to Azure. The conversation digs into the Azure stack and the diversity of technologies (including node.js) that run great in the cloud.
Carl and Richard Geek Out About Wind Power!
4/26/2012
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Duration: 29:00

Carl and Richard continue the Geek Out series on alternative energy with wind power. The conversation starts with the admission that as much as has been done with wind power so far, it's just a tiny drop in the bucket of total power consumption - less than 1% of US power comes from wind. Then the boys dig into the different types of wind power generation, the challenges that the power grid has incorporating wind power into the grid, and the kinds of problems that home owners have with wind power also. Wind has potential, but also problems. But long term it's part of the solution.
Jeroen Hulscher Builds Accessible Web Applications
4/24/2012
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Duration: 41:00

Carl and Richard talk to Jeroen Hulscher about web accessibility. Accessibility challenges come in lots of different forms, and the way we build web pages can make it impossible for some to use your site. Jeroen talks about the tools and techniques to help developers understand what you need to do to make your site easy to use no matter what challenges you might have. As Jeroen says, at some point all of us are going to have some accessibility issues - the web site you make accessible may one day help you!
Memory Management with Ricky Leeks
4/19/2012
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Duration: 53:00

Carl and Richard have a discussion with a vegetable. Yeah, that's right, we interviewed a leek named Ricky Leeks. Beyond all the endless puns, is a great conversation about memory management in .NET. Ricky also lets us know about a free e-book on .NET Memory Management you can download from the links in the show. Check it out!
RavenDB on MSNBC!
4/17/2012
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Duration: 53:00

Carl and Richard talk to John Bennett and Colin Hicks from MSNBC along with Oren Eini about the role RavenDB has played in building applications. John talks about how MSNBC was using SQL Server essentially as a blob store, storing stories as XML documents inside of the database. The conversation digs into the challenges of running a web site with well over a billion page views a month, the impact of breaking news on traffic, and how RavenDB solves the document storage problem effectively for MSNBC.
The State of the Cloud at DevConnections
4/12/2012
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Duration: 56:00

Another panel discussion from DevConnections, this one focused on how cloud computing is impacting developers. No holds are barred as the panel digs into virtualization, infrastructure-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service and more.
Web App Design Shootout at DevConnections
4/10/2012
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Duration: 49:00

A panel discussion at DevConnections in Las Vegas digs into different styles of web application development in 2012 - comparing web forms to MVC to the up-and-coming Single-Page style of web app. Carl handles questions from the audience while Richard causes trouble on the panel.
Bart de Smet has Reactive Extensions
4/5/2012
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Duration: 01:03:00

Carl and Richard talk to Bart de Smet about the beta of Reactive Extensions (Rx) Version 2. Currently in beta when the show was recorded, Rx 2.0 works with .NET 4.5, both for desktop and metro, as well as Silverlight 5 and Windows Phone 7.1. Bart talks about how Rx lets you write LINQ expressions over top of events, completely changing the way you think about responding to events. If you're tired of cluttering up your UI code with event handlers or you've got a back end process that needs to deal with millions of incoming events, you owe it to yourself to look at Rx!
Bill Wilder Does Hadoop on Azure
4/3/2012
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Duration: 53:00

Carl and Richard talk to Bill Wilder about Hadoop on Azure. Hadoop is a technology for analyzing massive (petabytes) amount of data efficiently. Originally developed by Yahoo, it was given to the Apache Foundation as an open source project. Google, Facebook and others have all contributed to the project. Microsoft has come late to the game, but with a very compelling offering - you can run Hadoop on Azure and use Visual Studio to work with it. There's lots to learn about Hadoop, this show is just the starting point!
Carl and Richard Geek Out on Solar Power
3/29/2012
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Duration: 47:00

The first of many alternative energy geek outs, Carl and Richard talk about solar power. The boys talk about using solar in the home in the form of thermal as well as photovoltaic, at utility scale with solar thermal, even space-based power. The conversation explores the huge diversity of photovoltaics, including concentrators and quantum dot technologies, the advantages and disadvantages involved. There's also a brief discussion on battery technologies, since solar power doesn't work all that well at night. In the end there aren't easy answers, but things are advancing forward - the amount of solar power being generated these days is increasing!
Bryan Hunter and OJ Reeves Program in Erlang
3/27/2012
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Duration: 01:14:00

Carl and Richard talk to Bryan Hunter and OJ Reeves about programming in Erlang. Erlang is a language built by the telecommunications industry for maximizing concurrency, distribution and reliability. If you're looking to develop applications that take advantage of parallelism, you owe it to yourself to look at Erlang!
The Future of the Web at Prairie DevCon
3/22/2012
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Duration: 58:00

While at the Prairie DevCon in Calgary, Carl and Richard moderated a panel discussion on the future of the web with panelists James Kovacs, Andrew Nurse, Bil Simser and James Chambers. The conversation ranged over the quality of web content today and a general push to try and improve it, discussions around monetization, the fragmentation of HTML 5, the role of mobile and some of the cool new technologies coming down the pipe to make the web an even more amazing place to build applications for.
Mike Diehl Fixes Us Up with Data Quality Services in SQL Server 2012
3/20/2012
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Mike Diehl about Data Quality Services (DQS) in SQL Server 2012. DQS is a new tool for SQL Server, as Mike points out, Microsoft acquired it. It adds into the suite of tools in SQL Server including Integration Services (SSIS), and Master Data Services. Mike talks about how DQS improves the quality of data by cleansing and de-duplication. Not a typical developer tool, but something any developer working with data needs to know about!
Steve Rogalsky Maps User Stories
3/15/2012
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Duration: 37:00

While at the Prairie DevCon in Calgary, Carl and Richard chatted with Steve Rogalsky about User Story Mapping. Steve explains how User Story Mapping helps with visualizing beyond a serial list of features into categories of features in the product. The conversation also explores how Kanban, Scrum and other techniques work with User Story Mapping, as well as the struggles of using Microsoft Project.
Phil Haack Doesn't Work at Microsoft
3/13/2012
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Duration: 47:00

Carl and Richard talk to Phil Haack about his life after Microsoft. Phil talks about his viewpoint on open source, both software and projects (not the same!). The conversation also digs into how NuGet works in the open source world and Phil's on-going role with it. Finally, Phil talks about his work at GitHub - he's all about making GitHub more appealing to .NET developers.
Tim Huckaby Waves His Hands at Kinect for Windows
3/8/2012
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Duration: 53:00

Carl and Richard talk to Tim Huckaby about his work with the latest version of Kinect, Kinect for Windows. Tim talks about his work building interactive kiosk applications for hotels, airports and the like. Gesture is a huge part of the interactive kiosk applications - and Kinect is at the front. The conversation digs into how Kinect for Windows changes the API dramatically, but opens the door to cool new features like facial and finger recognition.
Rob Mensching Does Installations with the WiX Toolset
3/6/2012
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Duration: 58:00

Carl and Richard talk to Rob Mensching about the WiX Toolset, a popular Open Source project for all your software installation needs. How good is WiX Toolset? Visual Studio uses it for installation of itself! Rob talks about different installation solutions and how he eventually came to develop the WiX Toolset as an XML-centric 'set of sets' hierarchy for managing installations. As Rob says, setup development is development!
Juan Campa Programs with XNA
3/1/2012
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Duration: 45:00

Carl and Richard talk to Juan Campa about developing software using XNA. Juan discusses the challenges of building XNA games and shows how his product Gearset makes things simpler. Gearset is available as a Lite edition for free or the Pro edition for $35 USD. The discussion continues into building XNA applications for Windows Phone 7 and what the impact of Windows 8 will be for XNA developers.
Jason Kaczor Uses HTML 5 in Sharepoint
2/28/2012
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Duration: 52:00

Carl and Richard talk to Jason Kaczor about developing Sharepoint using HTML 5. Jason discusses the dangers of making web parts and how HTML 5 is a safer, easier solution to customization of Sharepoint. And yes - you can access all the features of Sharepoint using HTML 5. The conversation digs into how you manage your source, do deployments and consider the cloud in your Sharepoint plans.
Keith Brown Does ETL Between RavenDB and SQL Server
2/23/2012
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Duration: 53:00

Carl and Richard talk to Keith Brown of Pluralsight about his work with RavenDB and SQL Server. The topic calls back to earlier conversations about the advantages of using NoSQL technology like RavenDB on the front end of an application and SQL Server on the back end for reporting. This is exactly how Pluralsight works, and Keith explains how the implementation is done.
Derick Bailey Explores JavaScript Frameworks
2/21/2012
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Duration: 43:00

Carl and Richard talk to Derick Bailey about JavaScript in general and JavaScript frameworks specifically. The conversation starts out with a discussion about the state of JavaScript in general, discussing the recent popularity of Node.js. Derick then digs into Backbone.js and how it works with jQuery to keep things far more organized. He also discusses utilizing MongoDB and RavenDB from JavaScript using JSON as the communication path. The discussion ends with some looks at the future of JavaScript in Windows 8 and the next generation of browsers.
Carl and Richard Geek Out With SmartGrids
2/16/2012
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Duration: 42:00

Carl and Richard Geek Out about SmartGrids! This show picks up where the Electricity show leaves off. Smart Grid technology is a somewhat loaded term for evolving the one-way dumb electricity grid into a smart, two-way system that can reduce the load on the grid and save money at the same time.
Clemens Vasters is Still on the Service Bus
2/14/2012
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Clemens Vasters about his work on the service bus. These days the service bus is called the Windows Azure Service Bus - part of Azure. Clemens talks about how the service bus makes building reliable applications easier as well as how making the service bus free for a few months has driven traffic up to record levels and the challenges that brought to the team.
John Petersen is Back on His SOPA Box
2/9/2012
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Duration: 41:00

Yes it's true - Carl and Richard are talking to John Petersen about piracy again. In the wake of show 736 on SOPA, a lot more information has come to light on other methods of attacking piracy - using international treaties. And once again, there are problems with the implementation that create nasty side effects for the public.
Eric Sink Distributes His Source
2/7/2012
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Duration: 49:00

Carl and Richard talk to Eric Sink about his latest work in distributed version control. Eric talks about his latest project called Veracity, an open source distributed version control system that makes it easy for widely distributed teams to share source. The conversation digs into the sometimes subtle variations between source control systems and why their users are loyal and vocal to their preferred products. Lots of digressions and explorations, along with an offer for free books - check out the links for how to get a copy!
Rob Labbe Gets Us Rolling on the Security Development Lifecycle
2/2/2012
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Duration: 01:04:00

Carl and Richard talk to Rob Labbe about the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). After a quick detour down the SOPA discussion, Rob fills the boys in on how the SDL maps neatly to a regular development lifecycle, just including security every step of the way. Rob also introduces the tools of the SDL, providing support for every step of the development lifecycle, from requirements to design to implementation and verification.
Jeremy Likness is all Silverlight 5
1/31/2012
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Duration: 55:00

Carl and Richard talk to Jeremy Likness about Silverlight 5. Is Silverlight dead? Not by a long shot. Jeremy talks about the great work going on the Silverlight today and how it still is the most efficient way to build applications that run on both Windows and OSX. The conversation drills into the new features of Silverlight 5 and dispels a lot of the myths around the future of Silverlight. Jeremy also talks about Jounce, his MVVM+MEF framework on Codeplex and the relationship between Silverlight and WinRT.
John Petersen Talks About SOPA, Piracy, and Intellectual Property
1/26/2012
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Duration: 57:00

Carl and Richard talk to John Petersen about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). SOPA, which is now defunct, was an attempt to legislate means to stop piracy and counterfeit goods. John digs into the problems with the legislation and the misinformation surrounding it. The conversation also explores alternatives to SOPA, the Megaupload shut down and how much harm piracy is actually doing in the world.
Troy Hunt Secures ASP.NET
1/24/2012
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Duration: 01:02:00

Carl and Richard talk to Troy Hunt about ASP.NET Security. Troy is an advocate of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) and wrote a set of blog post applying the top ten exploits to ASP.NET. Troy walks through all ten exploits and how they apply to ASP.NET. He's also rolled the posts together into a PDF file - have a listen and a read!
Chris Sells Unplugged!
1/19/2012
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Duration: 56:00

Out of Microsoft and off to Telerik, what will Chris Sells say? Chris starts out talking about his last year at Microsoft, working on Javascript in Windows 8, culminating at Build. Now Chris has moved to Telerik, focusing on building controls for the Windows 8 world that developers will love. The conversation ranges over HTML 5, XAML, XBox, Windows Phone 7, Kinect, tablets and more!
Scott Willeke Does Reporting at DevConnections
1/17/2012
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Duration: 42:00

Part of a group of shows recorded at DevConnections in November 2011, Carl and Richard talk to Scott Willeke about reporting technologies. The conversation explores the challenges of a widening set of data sources for reporting, including NoSQL. Scott then digs into the issues around embedding reporting solutions into your applications as opposed to web-based reporting. Reporting - love it or hate it, it never goes away!
Carl and Richard Geek Out About Electricity!
1/12/2012
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Duration: 01:01:00

The first Geek Out show of the new year, Carl and Richard talk about electricity. Call it a primer for many geek out shows to come, the conversation starts at the fundamentals of electricity, from individual atoms all the way to multi-gigawatt high-voltage direct current transmission systems. What does the future hold for the electrical grid? The conversation starts here.
Scott Hanselman and the Web Stack of Love!
1/10/2012
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Duration: 57:00

Carl and Richard talk to the one-and-only Scott Hanselman, it's the all radio voice show! Scott starts off the conversation explaining the recent move of Scott Guthrie over to Azure - by pointing out that he hasn't moved anywhere, just added Azure to his repetiore. Then the focus goes to the MVC vs. WebForms debate, which isn't a debate at all in Scott's eyes. And then things take a turn for the worse (or is that silly) and Scott starts answering questions on twitter about his hair. Lots of laughs, but not a lot of technical content ensues thereafter.
John Papa Looks at the Microsoft Client Landscape
1/5/2012
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Duration: 56:00

Carl and Richard talk to John Papa about his views on the client development landscape. John has recently left Microsoft where he was a Silverlight and Windows 8 evangelist. The conversation starts off talking about the state of Silverlight now that Silverlight 5 has shipped and the ascent of HTML 5. John talks about his favorite HTML 5 libraries, including KnockoutJS and JS Render. Finally, the show wraps up with how Windows Phone 7 and Kinect will change the world.
Jim Holmes Tests Everything
1/3/2012
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Duration: 51:00

Carl and Richard start off 2012 remaking a show that was lost at DevConnections, talking to Jim Holmes about testing. After a quick detour to chat about the amazing CodeMash conference that Jim helps run, the conversation dives into why you want to automate your web testing. Jim talks about free tools and pay tools, including Selenium, WatiN and Telerik's Test Automation Studio. Jim mentions a ton of great tools and resources, check out the links!
Corey Haines Code Retreats Globally
12/30/2011
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Duration: 49:00

Carl and Richard talk to Corey Haines about his global code retreat. But before the discussion starts on code retreats, Corey digs into his interest in teaching children software development using a tool called Scratch. The global code retreat was an event run on December 3 2011 around the world - 93 cities participated. Next year the goal is 200 cities, including a group in Antartica, and if all goes well, the space station too!
Steve McConnell Studies Development Practices
12/27/2011
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Duration: 01:00:00

Carl and Richard talk to the one-and-only Steve McConnell about the evolution of software development practices. The conversation digs into where Microsoft is at these days - Steve has been close to the company for many years. Then Steve talks about his focus on what a good software executive looks like, how they can support their team effectively and be part of the success of the development process. Along the way Steve talks about how Agile fits into his views in Code Complete, scrum practices, continuous integration and more! Great insights from one of the best minds in the business!
Startups and Cyborg Anthropology at Oredev
12/22/2011
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Duration: 31:00

The last of the vignette shows from Oredev, this one only has two parts, but they're oddly related. The first interview is with Aaron Parecki, who talks about taking a side project that was worked on only evenings and weekends into an actual funded startup. Then an amazing conversation with Amber Case, an actual cyborg anthropologist. It's not as weird as you think, as Amber points out, any time you extend your physical or mental abilities with a peice of technology - say, a cell phone, you're a cyborg.
Kathy Malone is a Green Developer
12/20/2011
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Duration: 44:00

Carl and Richard talk to Kathy Malone about green computing. Kathy, who has a day job as an environmental engineer, talks about different types of green behaviour, including turning off PCs over night, using suspend mode and the like. But for developers, there are approaches to building software that consumes fewer resources, both electrical and human energy. Is there an additional price in resources to be paid for touch computing?
Communicating at Oredev
12/15/2011
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Duration: 43:00

Another of the vignette shows from Oredev, Carl and Richard explore topics of communication. Up first is Udi Dahan, discussing his approach to domain driven design, focusing on communicating deeply with the stakeholders and domain experts to thoroughly explore the domain - even around something on the surface that seem simple like the concept of a customer. Next, Jim Benson digs into Kanban, including the idea of personal Kanban, which like the development and manufacturing methodology, focuses on being able to clearly see how much work is in progress and where things are being delayed from completion. Finally, the one-and-only Jon Skeet, talking about how his technical communication skills have evolved from answering thousands of questions on newsgroups and Stack Overflow.
Damian Edwards and David Fowler Persist Connections with SignalR
12/13/2011
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Duration: 42:00

Carl and Richard talk to Damian Edwards and David Fowler about SignalR. SignalR is a library for providing persistant connections between a web server and a browser by providing an abstraction over top of technologies like WebSockets or even AJAX polling. SignalR requires .NET 4.0 on the back end and jQuery on the front end... although non-browser clients are in the future!
Development Practices at Oredev
12/8/2011
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Duration: 54:00

Another set of stories from Oredev, this time around development practices. The first interview is with Dan North, where he discusses how development teams can move beyond just being able to ship software into something he calls hyper-productivity. He talks about teams that ship software twenty times a day! Next up, Jean Tabaka talks about how RallyDev uses Agile practices to make the entire company Agile. At RallyDev every person is involved in planning out the vision of the company quarter to quarter, from developer to executive. Finally, Gary Short digs into the challenges of technical debt - the idea that shortcuts in code increase the cost of development in the long term. Sometimes debt make sense, getting more features shipped in less time. But eventually the debt has to be repaid or the project goes bankrupt, unable to ship new features and ultimately cancelled.
Kathleen Dollard and Son talk Algorithms
12/6/2011
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Duration: 40:00

Recorded live from the GrapeCity booth at DevConnections, Kathleen Dollard (and her son Ben) talk about his PhD work in algorithms, how they are being utilized by her company, software composition (see show 708 with Juval Lowy), and ruminations on the future of software.
Cool Projects at Oredev
12/1/2011
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Duration: 41:00

Next up from Oredev - the cool projects! Carl and Richard talk to the one-and-only Tess Ferrandez from Microsoft. Tess has moved on from the mad debugging skills she blogged about to focus on Kinect and Windows Phone 7. The conversation digs into using Kinect beyond XBox games. Next up, Luca Minudel discusses his experiences building software for Formula One racing, perhaps the ultimate gadget ever! Finally, the show closes with Henrik Andersson of Tobii talking about prototype eye tracking hardware built into a laptop. Tobii also makes a .NET SDK so that you can easily add eye tracking to a XAML application. These are just some of the cool projects that were talked about at Oredev!
Dr. Neil Roodyn on Vision-Based Systems
11/29/2011
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Duration: 49:00

Recorded live from the GrapeCity booth at DevConnections in Las Vegas. Carl and Richard talk to Dr. Neil about his work with Kinect, Surface 2, tablets, smart phones, and how they can all work together in a meeting space.
Cloud Panel Discussion at DevConnections
11/24/2011
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Duration: 50:00

While at DevConnections, Carl and Richard were part of a panel discussion on the cloud entitled 'Are We There Yet?' with Brian Noyes, Michele Leroux Bustamante, Brian Prince and Scott Seely. The conversation dug into migrating existing applications to the cloud, greenfield development, security, reliability and scalability.
Data Visualization at Oredev
11/22/2011
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Duration: 42:00

The next collection of tales from Oredev focuses on data visualization. The first conversation is with Alastair Allan, talking about his experiences in visualizing the GPS tracking data stored by every iPhone 4. While it was generally known that the iPhone kept a record of every GPS location and WiFi connection, it was not until Alasdair's visualization application let anyone (especially reporters) see on a map exactly what was in their own phone that the story became a sensation. Next, a conversation with Jon Dahl about minimalist programming and it's impact on the readability of code - a different, yet still important type of visualization. Finally the show ends with a conversation with Nora Herting and Heather Willems of ImageThink. ImageThink was at Oredev to create, in real time, graphic visualizations of the keynotes and conference sessions. While not technical specialists themselves, Nora and Heather talk about how really listening to lectures and conversations about technology provides cues for what is important in the visualizations. Visualizations have power!
WinRT Panel Discussion at DevConnections
11/17/2011
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Duration: 35:00

Where is Windows 8 taking us? While at DevConnections, Carl and Richard participated in a panel discussion with Tim Huckaby, Billy Hollis, Dr. Neil Roodyn and Paul Sheriff about the new Windows Runtime. Also listen for a brief appearance of the one-and-only Mark Minasi.
Web Development at Oredev
11/15/2011
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Duration: 41:00

The first of the vignette shows from Oredev, this show focuses on web development. The first conversation is with Peter Moskovits, talking about using HTML 5 WebSockets to build real bi-directional communicating applications in the browser. The second part of the show the boys talk to Troels Thomsen about building web applications in the cloud using AppHarbor. AppHarbor focuses on making it simple to take existing ASP.NET applications into the cloud. Finally, the last conversation is with Robby Ingebretsen talking about how closely related designers and developers actually are. A great group of stories and one of many sets from Oredev!
Dan Hanan and Danny Warren Mix Kinect and Metro
11/10/2011
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Dan Hanan and Danny Warren about mixing Kinect together with WinRT. Back at the Build conference keynote a 'marketecture' diagram showed how existing applications still work in Windows 8 but also introduced a new platform using WinRT. At the time attendees were told that the blue side (existing applications) and the green side (WinRT) will never cross. Then the folks at Interknowlogy got to work. Dan and Danny talk about how they built an application utilizing Kinect, depending on an SDK that runs on the blue side to communicate with a Metro application that runs on the green side. Crossing the streams? You bet!
Neil McIsaac Develops SharePoint in the Cloud
11/8/2011
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Duration: 01:01:00

Carl and Richard talk to Neil McIsaac about building SharePoint sites in the cloud. The conversation starts out talking about the state of SharePoint development - that the combination of SharePoint 2010 and Visual Studio 2010 really works! Neil also talks about Silverlight's role in SharePoint as well as LightSwitch. Finally, Neil digs into the challenges around SharePoint in the cloud. After spending some time talking about SharePoint hosting options, Neil digs into SharePoint Online, which is Microsoft's SharePoint offering in Office 365. Neil talks about the challenges of SharePoint in the cloud, including multitenancy, claims-based security and scalability. SharePoint works in the cloud!
Scott Allen Builds Web Pages With Modernizr
11/3/2011
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Duration: 45:00

Carl and Richard talk to Scott Allen about Modernizr, an open-source JavaScript library that helps you build the next generation of HTML5 and CSS3-powered websites by reporting browser features. Scott talks about how Modernizr focuses on actually testing for the availability of features on a browser, rather than just relying on the browser useragent and a browser capabilities file. Along the way there is plenty of IE6 bashing.
Tomasz Janczuk Builds Web Apps with node.js
11/1/2011
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Tomasz Janczuk about node.js. Node.js is all about building scalable network programs, typically using HTTP. Tomasz talks about how node.js can run as a standalone application that can completely replace a web server, as well as run within IIS as iisnode. iisnode is an implemenation of node.js as a native IIS module. Node.js has been around since 2009, and the community surrounding it is massive - it's only new to the .NET world. Ready to do something totally different on the web from ASP.NET?
Building a Software Business at DevReach
10/27/2011
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Duration: 54:00

A great discussion with three successful software entrepeneurs with stories and advice about venturing out on your own in the wild and potentially lucrative world of software.
Alexander Groß Deals with Machine Specifications
10/25/2011
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Duration: 52:00

Carl and Richard talk to Alexander Groß about Machine.Specification (MSpec). MSpec was initially developed by Aaron Jensen as a context/specification framework to help construct tests in a more behaviour driven development style. MSpec provides a language for describing the context and requirements of a test that business owners can read. Trying to get your head around test-first? Check out MSpec!
Juval Lowy is a Business Architect
10/20/2011
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Juval Lowy about his latest thoughts on software development. As always, Juval has a controversial angle on things. After outlining the problems of current software development approaches, Juval goes on to define a new role in the software development practice, the business architect. While the term is overloaded, the core idea is the ability to model business practices in technology quickly. Has Juval predicted the death of the developer?
Paul Lewis Sees 3D in HTML 5
10/18/2011
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Duration: 53:00

Carl and Richard talk to Paul Lewis about doing 3D graphics in HTML 5. Paul has built a 3D engine in HTML 5 called A3. The conversation dives into the power of 3D rendering in the latest generation of browser and how it affects people. Paul talks about how he balances his time between his code monkey work and his undulating monkey work. Richard pops out an article about how physical textures, weight and size affect psychology and how that can impact your UX design. Lots of discussion about building LOB apps in HTML 5 vs. native, as well as how Windows 8 and mobile applications expand the challenge. A classic DotNetRocks conversation!
Carl and Richard Drive Electric Cars!
10/13/2011
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Duration: 44:00

Carl and Richard talk about electric cars with a special guest - Bruce Meacham! Bruce talks about his experience converting and driving a BMW 325 to pure electric. After talking about conversions, they dig into electric cars like the Telsa Roadster, S and Nissan Leaf. Next, the discussion turns to hybrid cars, with their advantages and disadvantages. The show wraps up with solutions for batteries, including talking a bit about fuel cells. The future is electric cars, so come geek out on them!
Rocky and Billy Introduce WinRT!
10/11/2011
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Duration: 01:04:00

Introducing episode one of The Tablet Show, a new weekly .NET Rocks! spinoff primarily for .NET developers but focused on Tablet development (WinRT/Metro, iOS and Android). For the inaugural show, Carl and Richard talk to Rocky Lhotka and Billy Hollis about their assessments of Windows 8, WinRT and the Metro UI. After discussing what WinRT is, the discussion dives into the real challenges of migrating applications to Metro. Rocky talks about migrating the CSLA Silverlight edition to Metro. The conversation then moves into some of the new services of WinRT, including sharing and search.
Philip Laureano Programs In Nemerle
10/6/2011
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Duration: 52:00

Carl and Richard talk to Philip Laureano about Nemerle. Nemerle is a multi-paradigm programming language for .NET. Similar to C#, it goes beyond C# to provide metaprogramming features, allowing you to write code that changes code on the fly. Phil digs deep into the idea that programming languages should change to reflect what we want to do and is not afraid to do the changes himself, rather than wait for Microsoft. Brain twisting? Wait til you listen to the show!
Greg Philpott Develops in X++
10/4/2011
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Greg Philpott about X++, the most popular language you've never heard of. X++ is the programming language for Microsoft Dynamics AX, an Enterprise Resource Planning product formerly known as Navision. Greg digs into how X++ allows programmers to extend Dynamics AX, adding whole new modules as well as customizing behavior in the existing system.
Guy Smith-Ferrier Does Mind Control!
9/29/2011
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Duration: 53:00

Carl and Richard talk to Guy Smith-Ferrier about the Emotiv EPOC neuroheadset. No really! Mind control for .NET! Guy talks about how the headset is wireless and works with 16 different sensors positioned around the head. The headset is able to detect expressions, head movements, cognitive thoughts and emotions. Guy discusses how the SDK makes it simple to capture the headset data into .NET. Its easy to program, the question is, what would you do?
Jeremiah Peschka Stores Data in CorrugatedIron
9/27/2011
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Duration: 52:00

Carl and Richard talk to Jeremiah Peschka about his project, CorrugatedIron, a .NET library that gives developers the ability to talk to Riak, Basho's highly-available Key-Value store. The conversation starts with understanding Riak, which is based on Amazon's Dynamo white paper for dynamic distributed storage. Along the way the topics of NoSQL as a whole, distributed data storage, load balancing and functional programming are explored.
Show 700 - What happened at BUILD did NOT stay at BUILD
9/22/2011
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Duration: 46:00

Carl and Richard took thier recording rig to Tim Huckaby's epic party the night before Steven Sinofsky's keynote at the Microsoft BUILD conference September 13, 2011. They asked the industry insiders to speculate on what they would see. This is an interesting show simply because the veil of secrecy has finally been lifted.
Jay Schmelzer Builds Apps With LightSwitch
9/20/2011
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Duration: 50:00

Carl and Richard talk to Jay Schmelzer about LightSwitch. Jay talks about the launch of LightSwitch back on July 26 2011, and the new set of extensions available to help Visual Studio Pro developers support LightSwitch applications. He also reminds us that if you own Visual Studio 2010, you own LightSwitch, so take it out for a spin!
Carl and Richard Return To Space!
9/15/2011
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Duration: 39:00

You asked for it, you got it - another space show! This time around Carl and Richard talk about the latest news around commercial space, including new contracts for SpaceX and Orbital Science to fly to the ISS. They discuss the impact of the failure of a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a Progress cargo ship to the ISS. Then they have some real fun and dive into the space debris debate and the potential of space elevators. Another total space geek out!
James Dawson and Grace Mollison Bridge the Gap Between Developers and Operations
9/13/2011
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Duration: 01:02:00

Carl and Richard talk to James Dawson and Grace Mollison about the DevOps movement. DevOps is about developers and operations personnel working closely together to deliver higher quality, more reliable applications.
Billy Cravens Compares and Contrasts ColdFusion and ASP.NET
9/8/2011
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Duration: 47:00

After Richard made some (somewhat) disparaging remarks about ColdFusion, Billy sent an email defending the platform. The outcome of that email discussion is this show - Carl and Richard get educated by Billy about what ColdFusion is about. ColdFusion goes back to 1995, and is still going strong at version 10! Billy talks about the similarities and differences between ColdFusion and ASP.NET.
Kate Gregory on the History of C, C++ and C++0x.
9/6/2011
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Duration: 52:00

Carl and Richard talk to Kate Gregory about the history of C, culminating in the latest version, C++0x (aka C++ 11). Kate points out that C++ is more popular than ever, no matter what the managed memory folks are saying. The conversation works through the various flavors of C, how the language has continued to evolve, even to the point of doing memory management! Along the way Kate digs into the new features of C++0x, many of which (like lambdas) seem awfully familiar... the conversation ends on a great discussion on massive parallelism. Could C++ solve the parallel problem?
Kerry Hammil Builds .NET Gadgets
9/1/2011
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Duration: 47:00

Carl and Richard talk to Kerry Hammil about .NET Gadgeteer. The .NET Gadgeteer project comes out of Microsoft Research and is advancing the .NET Micro Framework with new hardware that does not require experienced electronics people to be successful with. Everything is plug-and-play! The conversation moves on to what would happen when everything in your house has an IP address and further on into the Internet of Things. Another good geekout show!
Nat Friedman and Miguel de Icaza Start Xamarin
8/30/2011
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Duration: 57:00

Carl and Richard talk to Nat Friedman and Miguel de Icaza, the CEO and CTO (respectively) of Xamarin. Xamarin is the company that Nat and Miguel set up to house the Mono Project and the rest of the Mono related products including MonoTouch and Mono for Android after Attachmate acquired Novell. The conversation starts out on mobile development and moves to tablets. Click the link below for a 20% discount on Xamarin tools!
Emily Lewis Builds the Web One MicroFormat at a Time
8/25/2011
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Emily Lewis about HTML5, CSS3, Microformats, and general web development topics. Emily calls herself a 'standardista' and demonstrates that in the conversation, talking about the advantage of using schemas to identify different types of data in your web pages. Could this be the return of XML schemas in a way that makes sense?
Loren Goodman Programs By the Rules
8/23/2011
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Duration: 55:00

Carl and Richard talk to Loren Goodman from InRule Technologies about rule engines. Loren talks about how rule engines help applications organize rules so that non-developers can modify them. The goal is to reduce maintenance costs for software. The conversation moves over to concepts of complex event processing and how it applies to developing new rules dynamically.
JD Meier Gets Results the Agile Way
8/18/2011
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Duration: 44:00

Carl and Richard talk to JD Meier from Microsoft about leading an agile life. JD talks about how he learned to be effective as a product manager at Microsoft, and how that lead to developing the Agile Life book. It may have a developer undertone, but the Agile Life is aimed at everyone.
Shaun Walker Talks A Little DNN 6
8/16/2011
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Duration: 53:00

Carl and Richard talk to Shaun Walker about DotNetNuke. Shaun talks about the release of DotNetNuke 6, offering some substantial changes to DNN, including migrating to C# (from VB.NET). The conversation also digs into the lifestyle of having a dominant community (read: free) edition of your product vs. the commercial edition. Shaun also talks about how web development has evolved since the early days of ASP.NET. And it runs in Windows Azure!
Carl and Richard Space Out!
8/11/2011
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Duration: 32:00

You asked for it - Carl and Richard geek out about space. With the space shuttle retiring, the boys debate the relative merits of the shuttle program and where space should go next. Carl loves Virgin Galactic and Richard loves SpaceX. But what about Armadillo Aerospace and Bigelow Space? Join the boys for a good old fashioned geek out.
Tatham Oddie Makes HTML 5 and Silverlight Play Nice Together
8/9/2011
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Duration: 47:00

Carl and Richard talk to Tatham Oddie about building web applications using HTML 5 *and* Silverlight. Tatham talks about the idea that the two technologies are not mutually exclusive - that you can take advantage of the mix of browsers and plugins to build the best experience possible for users. The conversation also moves into data and connectivity in general, ending up on cloud platforms. Tatham talks about how Azure can't scale down far enough, that technologies like AppHarbor are filling in the bottom end of the cloud story.
Cristian Libardo Builds a CMS
8/4/2011
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Duration: 44:00

Carl and Richard talk to Cristian Libardo about N2 CMS. N2 CMS is an open source CMS system designed to be very light weight and allow developers to work with editors to build great web sites. Cristian talks about how N2 CMS focuses on strongly typed code to define structure to the web site and only content in databases.
Julie Lerman Frames Our Entities
8/2/2011
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Duration: 51:00

Carl and Richard talk to Julie Lerman about Entity Framework. Julie talks about her Entity Framework books - one for EF1, the other for EF4. The conversation digs into Entity Framework 4.1 and the key features added, as well as the June CTP which added even more. Julie talks about enum support in the CTP, which was the most demanded feature, but then goes onto the other cool areas of the CTP, including new model support, spatial, table-value functions and support for stored procedures that return multiple record sets. Julie gets us up to date on Entity Framework!
Pete Brown Has Fun With Silverlight and More!
7/28/2011
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Duration: 44:00

Carl and Richard talk to Pete Brown from Microsoft about the cool things he's working on, including building a Commodore 64 emulator in Silverlight! Pete also touches on the fact that Silverlight is not dying at all - there's lots of good things going on! The conversation digs into Pete's favorite new features of Silverlight 5. Pete is the author of Silverlight 5 in Action, you can get a discount by using code s5ia38 at the Manning web site. Ultimately the conversation ends up on the .NET Micro Framework and MIDI - music and geekery collide!
Mark Rendle Has Some Simple.Data
7/26/2011
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Duration: 53:00

Carl and Richard talk to Mark Rendle about Simple.Data. As Mark describes it, Simple.Data is not an ORM because there's no objects and no relational mapping. Simple.Data is a dynamic data utility to make your data persistence layer as light weight as possible. Mark also talks about Nancy, a light-weight web development framework. The conversation also moves to OWIN, the Open Web Server Interface. The show wraps up with Mark's insights on simpler, more open software.
Brad Abrams Builds Platforms for Google
7/21/2011
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Duration: 44:00

Carl and Richard talk to Brad Abrams late of Microsoft, now at Google. Recently moved to Palo Alto, Brad talks about Google+, Google's social networking application for sharing thoughts, pictures and video. Brad has just joined the team to start developing API for developers to work with Google+. The conversation moves onto Google's Web Toolkit and App Engine, products Brad spent his first year at Google on. Brad digs into his thinking around building platforms, what it really means to compile, and his experiences in different company cultures.
Rey Bango is all about Javascript
7/19/2011
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Duration: 52:00

Carl and Richard talk to Rey Bango from Microsoft about his web development career. Rey has deep ties into the Javascript community and talks about how Javascript development process has evolved. Today Rey takes care of the Script Junkies web site at Microsoft with some awesome cross browser content and code. The conversation also digs into the state of HTML 5 and it's potential in mobile development. Rey also walks through his tool kit of Javascript libraries. The show closes with a discussion about jsMentors, a site focused on helping Javascript developers improve.
Sebastien Lambla Builds OpenRasta
7/14/2011
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Sebastien Lambla about OpenRasta and OpenWrap. OpenRasta is a framework for simplifying building resource-oriented web-based applications. OpenRasta can work with ASP.NET or directly with HTTP.SYS. OpenRasta will work side-by-side with ASP.NET MVC, Webforms and more. Sebastien also talks about OpenWrap, a package manager for .NET that helps OpenRasta stay lean but extensible. Sebastien also speaks passionately about the role of Open Source in the Microsoft community.
Geoff Smith and Howard van Rooijen Architect S#arply
7/12/2011
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Duration: 50:00

Carl and Richard talk to Geoff Smith and Howard van Rooijen about S#arp architecture. S#arp architecture provides guidance on how to build ASP.NET MVC applications with nHibernate. It follows Eric Evan's Domain Driven Design principles very closely. The conversation also jumped over to StyleCop, the CodePlex project for standardizing code standards and Templify, an open source tool for building T4 templates.
Uncle Bob Looks For Clojure at NDC
7/7/2011
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Duration: 35:00

One more show from NDC - a silly one. Late in the conference, Carl and Richard talked to Uncle Bob Martin about professionalism, clean code and the Clojure language. Lots of jokes and giggling in this one - we were all getting a little punchy!
Mobile Development Panel Discussion from NDC!
7/5/2011
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Duration: 51:00

What, another mobile panel? Yes - a totally different one. This mobile panel discussion was recorded at the Norwegian Developer Conference. Lots of strong debate about HTML 5 vs. native applications, the power and problems of PhoneGap and how app stores are breaking down. Not to be missed!
Scott Guthrie at NDC!
6/30/2011
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Duration: 43:00

Fresh off his keynote at the Norwegian Developers Conference in Oslo, Norway, Scott Guthrie dropped into the fishbowl to talk to Carl and Richard about his new role with the Azure team. Scott digs into how Azure has evolved and his focus on improving the developer experience. The conversation wraps up with a chat about the upcoming Build conference.
Ingo Rammer Builds Native HTML 5 Apps
6/28/2011
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Duration: 50:00

While at the Norwegian Developers Conference in Oslo, Norway, Carl and Richard talk to Ingo Rammer about building 'native' HTML 5 apps. Ingo talks about PhoneGap, a wrapper over HTML for building applications that run on all mobile platforms. But then he goes further, talking about other variations on the idea of using HTML 5 as the presentation markup while still being able to connect to the native resources of the platform. Could this be the programming platform of the future?
Dominick Baier Walks Us Through Claims-Based Security!
6/23/2011
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Duration: 40:00

While at the Norwegian Developers Conference in Oslo, Carl and Richard sat down with Dominick Baier to talk about claims-based security. Dominick walks through the entire claims-based security process, separating identity claims from resource claims, how to actually work with active directory in a sensible way and how the whole thing comes together in your code in a way that won't make you cry every time you need to make a change. The time for claims-based security is now!
Stories from NDC!
6/21/2011
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Duration: 46:00

While at the Norwegian Developer Conference, Carl and Richard collected a couple of stories from the speakers at the event. First up is Magnus Mårtensson and Björn Ekengren talking about Java on Azure. No really! Next, Gill Cleeran and Kevin Dockx talk about where Silverlight is going... to version five and beyond!
Aspect Oriented Programming at NDC
6/16/2011
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Duration: 57:00

While at the Norwegian Developers Conference, Carl and Richard moderated a panel discussion on Aspect Oriented Programming. The discussion ranges over a diverse number of scenarios that aspects make sense for, how you can get in trouble with aspects, and the various aspect toolsets that exist. The audience jumps in with lots of questions for panelists.
Paul Bone Goes Parallel with Project Mercury
6/14/2011
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Duration: 57:00

Carl and Richard talk to Paul Bone about the Mercury Project. Mercury is a logic programming language designed to natually execute in parallel without requiring the programmer to understand much about parallelism. Get ready for some brain-twisting - this sort of programming is quite different from what you're use to!
Mobile Development Panel Discussion from DevTeach
6/9/2011
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Duration: 01:00:00

While at DevTeach in Montreal, Carl and Richard sat down with a panel of mobile development experts to talk about where mobile development is at. The development process for iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 7 was explored. The conversation also dug into the potential of MonoTouch and Mono for Android, alternative ways of building applications for iPhone and Android respectively. Finally, the debate dug into HTML 5 and the dream of building an application once that runs on all platforms.
David Neilsen Develops for the Cloud
6/7/2011
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Duration: 51:00

Carl and Richard talk to David Neilsen about doing cloud development. David digs into the various flavors of cloud, defining the differences between Platform-as-a-Service, Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Software-as-a-Service. David is one of the original organizers of CloudCamp, free one day events to help people get started with the cloud. The conversation then digs into the challenge of migrating existing .NET applications to Azure. David finishes by defining the core criteria of cloud computing: On-Demand, Self-Service, Scalable, Measurable. The acronym is OSSM, pronounced 'awesome.'
Stories from Tech Ed US!
6/2/2011
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Duration: 45:00

While at Tech Ed US in Atlanta, Carl and Richard talked to a variety of folks about the work they're doing in .NET. First up was Geert van de Horrik, talking about the Catel MVVM framework. Then Miguel Castro talked about MVVM. We also caught up with Stephen Rose who discussed Windows InTune. And finally, Tod Anglin from Telerik talked a bit about HTML 5. These are the stories from Tech Ed!
Michele Leroux Bustamante Still Focused on Identity
5/31/2011
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Duration: 58:00

Carl and Richard talk to Michele Leroux Bustamante about identity. Michele starts the conversation with the state of the union on identity. She walks through the evolution of identity concepts and how the various peices are being implemented. Michele also talks about the rise of REST-based identity (as opposed to SOAP-based) and the efforts to simplify identity. She also talks about Access Control Services (ACS), which is part of Azure AppFabric. oAuth, OpenID, Claims-Based Identity... this show has it all!
Steve Smith Tells Performance Stories
5/26/2011
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Duration: 45:00

Ignoring the unusual show number, Steve Smith talks to Carl and Richard about his experiences tuning ASP.NET for better performance. Steve tells three different stories from different eras of web development, also digging into situations where he's made mistakes, where he's found mistakes, and when he wished he'd called Microsoft tech support sooner. Don't let the number scare you, this is a great show!
Mark Arteaga Talks Windows Phone 7 and Mango
5/24/2011
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Mark Arteaga about his experiences building Windows Phone 7 applications. The conversation starts with a run down of what's coming in the upcoming Mango release. Mark then digs into the challenges of small teams building games for the phone, and what enterprise developers are going to need to be successful with the phone.
Radio Astronomy on DotNetRocks - ICRAR and SKA
5/19/2011
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Duration: 52:00

Carl and Richard talk to professors Andreas Wicenec and Kevin Vinsen of the ICRAR and SKA project. SKA is the Square Kilometer Array for radio astronomy. The concept is to build a really huge array of radio telescopes that work together to provide far deeper resolution into space. SKA plans on a first phase of 1,000 12 meter radio telescopes. Andreas and Kevin work in the Data Intensive Research Group at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research in Western Australia and specialise in the research require to handle the massive amounts of data that will be generated SKA.
Brian Lagunas on the Extended WPF Toolkit
5/17/2011
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Brian Lagunas about the Extended WPF Toolkit. The Extended WPF Toolkit goes beyond Microsoft's WPF Toolkit to add even more controls for WPF. Since September 2010, Brian has been adding controls to the library, as of April 2011 he's up to 21 controls!
Koen Zwikstra Spies on Silverlight
5/12/2011
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Duration: 38:00

Carl and Richard talk to Koen Zwikstra. Koen is the author of Silverlight Spy, a tool for inspecting the run time of a Silverlight application in browser, out-of-browser and even in Windows Phone 7. Think of it as Reflector or View Source for Silverlight!
Glenn Block Simplifies WCF with WebAPI
5/10/2011
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Duration: 50:00

Richard caught up with Glenn Block at Mix 2011 to find out what he's been working on since the MEF days. After a quick tour down memory lane about MEF and Brad Abrams, Glenn discusses WCF Web APIs. The Web APIs focus WCF onto pure HTTP, making it easier to build RESTful applications while not requiring your applications to use REST. WCF Web APIs are all about creating HTTP clients and servers that do not have to be browsers and web servers, opening HTTP to a whole new world of devices and simplifying testing of your HTTP applications.
Chatting with the Imagine Cup Winners!
5/5/2011
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Duration: 49:00

While Richard is climbing a mountain in Nepal, Carl talks to the US regional winners of Imagine Cup 2011.
Billy Hollis is a XAML Developer
5/3/2011
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Duration: 50:00

While at Mix 2011, Richard talked to Billy Hollis about XAML development. Billy talks about the balance between WPF and Silverlight work, how he chooses which approach to use. The conversation also digs into steering clear of the 'One Right Way' mindset, and how right now is a great time to be ready to experiment with new technologies - XAML, touch and even gesture.
Pat Hynds Plans for Disaster Recovery
4/28/2011
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Duration: 50:00

After getting an email from Shaun van Halewyn in Christchurch, New Zealand, Carl and Richard talk to Pat Hynds about disaster recovery for developers. This show is less about technology and more about planning - if you're responsible for your company's systems, have a listen.
Remi Caron Connects Applications using BizTalk and the Enterprise Service Bus Toolkit
4/26/2011
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Duration: 47:00

Carl and Richard talk to Remi Caron about his project utilizing Enterprise Service Bus architecture to connect a huge number of applications together. Remi talks about using Microsoft Biztalk with the Enterprise Service Bus Toolkit to create a consistent mechanism for having different applications 'report-up' to a common infrastructure.
Richard Campbell Talks Tech Ed 101
4/21/2011
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Duration: 40:00

Carl interviews Richard about Tech Ed US in Atlanta. Richard does the Tech Ed 101 sessions at the conference, in the interview he shares his secrets for how to get the most from Tech Ed. Carl and Richard also talk about their own activities at Tech Ed US, including Speaker Idol and the 64 Bit Question game show.
Brian Noyes is looking through Prism 4
4/19/2011
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Brian Noyes about Prism 4. Prism is a combination of guidance and tooling from the Patterns and Practices team at Microsoft to help build WPF and Silverlight based applications. Brian digs into why Prism exists and what has been added to the latest version of Prism to work with Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight 4 and WPF 4. There's also a version for Windows Phone 7!
Dan Wahlin Digs Deep on Web Client Development
4/14/2011
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Duration: 50:00

While at DevConnections, Carl and Richard talk to Dan Wahlin about the state of web client development. Dan talks about his experiences with Silverlight, HTML 5, MVC and jQuery.
Luca Passani Builds Mobile Web Pages with WURFL
4/12/2011
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Duration: 46:00

Carl and Richard talk to Luca Passani about WURFL. WURFL stands for Wireless Universal Resource File. Originally, WURFL was an XML file containing the device capabilities of a huge variety of mobile devices. Today its available in a variety of database formats, including formats friendly to .NET.
Brian Randell Does Virtual Testing Live at DevConnections!
4/7/2011
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Duration: 51:00

Recorded in front of the DevConnection audience in Orlando, Carl and Richard talk to Brian Randell about virtualization. Brian also digs into Virtual Lab Manager, the extensions to Visual Studio 2010 that help testers capture tests that fail and communicate them effectively to developers.
Cory Fowler Runs PHP on Azure
4/5/2011
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Duration: 43:00

Carl and Richard talk to Cory Fowler about running PHP on Azure. Cory digs into the challenges of getting PHP up and running in Azure, especially the evil popup dialog box. Cory also points out the Microsoft Web Platform Installer Command Line edition that allows you to install anything from the WebPI onto Azure. The conversation also digs into the differences between Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Azure. Microsoft runs open source software well on Azure, check it out!
Ayende Does Transactions with RavenDB
3/31/2011
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Duration: 56:00

Carl and Richard talk to Oren Eini, aka Ayende Rahein, about RavenDB. RavenDB is a NoSQL JSON document database. Oren explains how he came to the realization that he needed to build his own data store, and the advantages of document databases over relational databases. Is SQL dead? Not hardly, but RavenDB is an interesting addition to your data solution!
Eric Lippert Talks About Project Roslyn
3/29/2011
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Duration: 57:00

Recorded on PI day, Carl and Richard talk to the one-and-only Eric Lippert from the C# Compiler team. But we don't only talk about C#! The conversation wanders around all the languages, a little F#, a little IronPython, heck, even VB.NET! Eric talks about Project Roslyn, Microsoft's efforts to make the C# compiler available as a service. A little artificial intelligence, a little parallelism, and you've got one brain twisting show!
Jean Paoli is All About Web Interoperability
3/24/2011
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Duration: 58:00

Carl and Richard talk to Jean Paoli, the General Manager of Interoperability Strategy at Microsoft. Jean Paoli was part of the team at the W3C that created the XML specification. Jean does a great job of helping us understand how huge the interoperability effort at Microsoft is. He also digs into the iterative (almost agile!) process of developing web specifications by building prototype code and taking that experience back to the working group.
Adam Driscoll Does PowerShell with TFS
3/22/2011
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Duration: 43:00

Carl and Richard talk to Adam Driscoll of Quest Software. The conversation starts with a discussion around Adam's TFS plugin for Android. Then it moves into PowerGUI and the PowerGUI extensions for Visual Studio. PowerGUI is a UI for writing PowerShell scripts and PowerGUI VSX ties PowerGUI into Studio. Adam talks about applications can be built to be PowerShell driven with UI over top to generate the PowerShell commands.
Jon Snook Takes CSS3 Seriously
3/17/2011
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Duration: 46:00

Carl and Richard talk to Jonathan Snook about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Jon is a designer and developer, which makes him a rare creature indeed. He talks about the history and role of CSS in web development and how CSS3 makes significant strides in equalizing design and layout between browsers.
Scott Millett Gets Our Specs Sharp!
3/15/2011
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Duration: 43:00

Carl and Richard talk to Scott Millett about SpecFlow, a free tool to help you implement Behaviour Driven Design. SpecFlow lets you build plain text requirements that actually connect with code and tests to help reinforce acceptance testing. The conversation also wanders over design patterns in general and ASP.NET specifically. Scott also talks through the various free tools he uses together to build better software.
Kent Alstad Makes Javascript Perform
3/10/2011
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Duration: 57:00

Carl and Richard talk to Kent Alstad about the state of Javascript today. Kent admits that he has fallen in love with Javascript of late, that the newest browsers make Javascript incredibly fast and powerful. The conversation digs into how to keep Javascript fast, which is primarily focused on downloading the right bytes at the right time - when in doubt, delay! Kent is down in the nitty gritty of web site performance, his insight on what to do to make things go faster will blow your mind.
Mark Miller and Seth Juarez Go Mad with Kinect!
3/8/2011
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Duration: 51:00

Carl and Richard talk to Mark Miller and Seth Juarez about their crazy experiments with Kinect. The boys discuss how they are building an interface with Kinect to do programming with Visual Studio 2010. A large part of this conversation ends up diving deep into the relative merits of machine learning in systems. Are we crossing the streams? You bet!
Bruce Lawson and Remy Sharp on HTML 5
3/3/2011
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Duration: 59:00

Carl and Richard talk to Bruce Lawson and Remi Sharp about HTML 5. Bruce and Remy have been involved with HTML 5 from the early days, although more as activists than movers-and-shakers. They provide some great insight into how HTML 5 has come to be and how regular developers can get involved and affect the outcome of an important specification. Bruce and Remy have one of the very first books out on HTML 5, creatively named Introduction to HTML 5.
Giorgio Sardo on the IE9 Release Candidate
2/28/2011
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Duration: 55:00

Carl and Richard talk to Giorgio Sardo about the IE9 Release Candidate. Giorgio talks about his experience with Imagine Cup a few years back before diving into what's new in IE9. These features include geolocation and Web Open Font Format. Giorgio also digs into the test strategies of IE9 as well as performance. When will IE9 be released? Giorgio won't say!
Gael Fraiteur is Still PostSharp!
2/24/2011
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Duration: 44:00

Carl and Richard talk to Gael Fraiteur about the state of PostSharp and Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP). Gael talks about the advantage of AOP, modifying applications without changing source code by using post-compilation techniques. He digs into different examples of using AOP to add features without burying business code in the plumbing. Finally Gael talks about the evolution of PostSharp into community and retail versions and what is coming in version 2.1.
Udi Dahan Clarifies CQRS
2/22/2011
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Duration: 50:00

Carl and Richard talk to Udi Dahan about Command-Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS). CQRS is an enterprise application pattern derived from the DDD movement, where responsibility for data integrity and consistency lies soley in the application itself. The conversation digs deeply into using caching intelligently - not just create and expire, but actual maintenance of caching with a publication approach. Udi is the software simplist and makes this potentially confusing pattern absolutely clear!
Rob Eisenberg MVVMs Us with Caliburn.Micro!
2/17/2011
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Duration: 58:00

Carl and Richard talk to Rob Eisenberg about Caliburn.Micro, a MVVM framework available on Codeplex. Caliburn.Micro takes Convention-over-Configuration further, utilizing naming conventions to handle a large number of data binding, validation and other action-based characteristics in your app.
Entering the WebMatrix!
2/15/2011
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Duration: 47:00

Carl and Richard talk to Josh Holmes about Microsoft's Web Matrix! Josh keynoted the launch of WebMatrix at CodeMash in January 2011. Web Matrix brings together great installer technologies with some of the latest Microsoft web application technologies to make it dirt simple to deploy and maintain web sites. The tool is free and the projects you make can be maintained with Studio Express or full blown Visual Studio. Enter the WebMatrix! You'll be glad you did.
Joe O'Brien Does Ruby on Windows
2/10/2011
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Duration: 52:00

Carl and Richard talk to Joe O'Brien about efforts to bring Ruby on Rails to the Windows platform. The conversation digs into current community efforts to get Ruby on Rails working on Windows, the state of IronRuby and the role that Visual Studio could bring to Ruby.
Andrew Russell Develops XNA Games for XBox, iPhone and More!
2/8/2011
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Andrew Russell about converting applications from XNA to Silverlight, iPhone and even Android. Andrew is working on a project called ExEn to make migration between these platforms easier.
Andrew Parsons and Alfred Thompson Educate Kids in Software!
2/3/2011
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Duration: 45:00

Carl and Richard talk to Andrew Parsons and Alfred Thompson about getting students interested in programming. The conversation spans over use of computers in schools, teaching fundamental uses of computers, actual programming, and looking beyond. Andrew gets into Imagine Cup, a world-wide competition of students building software to change the world.
Grant Skinner Develops Apps in HTML 5
2/1/2011
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Carl and Richard talk to Grant Skinner about Pirates Love Daisies, an HTML 5 game. The game runs on all of the HTML 5 browsers including IE 9 Beta. The conversation also digs into Easel JS, an open-source library that Grant helped create to make Pirates, simplifying the animation process on HTML 5 canvas.
Doc Norton Sharpens His Saw
1/27/2011
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Carl and Richard talk to Michael Doc Norton about how developers can grow their career. The conversation dives deep into techniques and approaches to practice in development, comparing it to music and katas. The reference sharpen the saw comes from Stephen Covey, and focuses on the idea of practice independent of work.
Stephen Toub is more Parallel than Ever
1/25/2011
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Carl and Richard talk to Stephen Toub from Microsoft about parallel development. Stephen digs into the Async-CTP, released in October 2010, to provide asynchronous keywords Async and Await. The conversation also digs into what's coming next in the parallel space from the team.
DotNetRocks and JavaPosse Together at CodeMash
1/20/2011
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Duration: 01:12:00

Carl and Richard participated in a panel discussion at Codemash 2011 on January 12, 2011 alongside the hosts of the popular Java Posse podcast. The discussion was moderated by Barry Hawkins. They talked about the differences and similarities between the Java and .NET ecosystems, the origins of their podcast (and ours), and more. Even if you're not a Java developer this is great stuff.
Joel Semeniuk does TFS in the Cloud
1/18/2011
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Duration: 51:00

Carl and Richard talk to Joel Semeniuk about the state of Team Foundation Server (TFS) today. Joel digs into how TFS has moved into the cloud and is reaching a larger span of developers. The conversation digs into how to split the work of development up between cloud and premise - source code on the cloud, builds locally, etc.
Phil Japikse is All About BDD
1/13/2011
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Duration: 37:00

While at CodeMash, Carl and Richard talk to Phil Japikse about Behaviour Driven Developement. Phil has been doing TDD and BDD for years and has an interesting take on how to be successful with the process - primarily getting over the 'blank slate syndrome.'
Boris Scheiman Waves His Hands at nKinect!
1/11/2011
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Duration: 47:00

Carl and Richard talk to Boris Scheiman about nKinect, a codeplex project to bring Kinect to .NET! Boris talks about what it takes to make nKinect work and the new features that are coming, while Carl and Richard geek out on the possibilities. Minority Report is here!
Rob Conery Talks OpenID and More
1/6/2011
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Duration: 56:00

Rob Conery tells us why OpenID is a nightmare, and why he's stopped using it. Oh yeah, he's also given up Twitter. We also talked about the mind/body connection and the challenges of working at home. Also: whale watching, home brewing, music, barbeque, wine, and following your bliss.
Gus Issa Has a Micro .NET Framework!
1/4/2011
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Gus Issa from GHI Electronics, a company that makes small programmable boards, devices, controllers, and sensors that use the .NET Micro Framework to allow Visual Studio developers to program smart hardware devices.
DotNetRocks Year In Review
12/30/2010
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Duration: 53:00

Carl, Richard and Mark Miller chat about events that occurred in 2010 that affect the .NET world. From C# to F#, Studio to Lightswitch, Windows Phone 7 to Kinect. What a great year!
Shaun Walker on the state of DotNetNuke
12/28/2010
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Duration: 44:00

Carl and Richard talk to Shaun Walker, CTO of DotNetNuke Corp. Last time Shaun was on the show, the commercial version of DotNetNuke was just starting out. Shaun brings us up to date on the state of the business, the balance between community and commercial, and the evolution of the store front for the thousands of plug-in products for DotNetNuke.
Eric Falsken Builds Object Databases
12/23/2010
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Duration: 46:00

Carl and Richard talk to Eric Falsken of db4o. db4o is an open source object database for Java and .NET. Object databases have been around since the 1980s, but recently have become part of the NoSQL movement. Eric discusses the NoSQL movement in general and how various products fit into the ecosystem, including db4o.
Miguel de Icaza Builds .NET Apps on the Mac with MonoMac
12/21/2010
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Duration: 45:00

Carl and Richard talk to Miguel de Icaza about MonoMac and rest the of the Mono universe. MonoMac is a set of tools to let .NET developers build applications for the Mac using the Mac UI elements in Cocoa.
Mobility at Oredev
12/16/2010
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Duration: 39:00

Carl and Richard did a series of interviews at Oredev with folks building mobile applications. First up is Jeff Wilcox, who talks about Silverlight in the context of Windows Phone 7 and beyond. Next, Marcus Zarra talks about building iPhone and iPad applications. Third, Sanyu Kiruluta discusses building applications for Blackberry. Finally, Carl and Richard talk to Evan Doll, former Apple employee and co-founder of Flipboard about his incredible social media application for iPad.
Shawn Wildermuth on Silverlight, Windows Phone 7, HTML 5, oData and more!
12/14/2010
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Duration: 45:00

Carl and Richard talk to Shawn Wildermuth about Silverlight, Windows Phone 7, HTML 5, oData and more! Yes, a lot of topics, but it all holds together on how people are going to build applications in the future, for the desktop, the web and the phones.
Panel Discussion on Data Access in Silverlight at DevReach
12/9/2010
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Duration: 49:00

Carl and Richard talk to John Waters and Walt Ritscher about the data access technologies available to work with Silverlight. The conversation wanders over all of XAML, including WPF and Windows Phone 7.
Scott Guthrie is still working on Silverlight
12/7/2010
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Duration: 55:00

Carl and Richard chat with Microsoft Vice President and all around great guy, Scott Guthrie. Scott talks about some of the new features coming in Silverlight 5. The conversation jumps over to HTML 5 toward the end, focusing on what ASP.NET will support in the space. Apologies for Carl's phone track. We'll try to be better people. :)
Up in the Clouds at Oredev!
12/2/2010
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Duration: 39:00

Another set of stories from Oredev, this time about cloud technology. First up is Chris Auld, talking about the economics of Azure. Next is Adrian Cole, talking about jCloud provisioning. Third is a deep discussion with Jim Webber and Ian Robinson about REST.
Martin Woodward Brings Team Foundation Server to Everyone!
11/30/2010
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Duration: 01:02:00

Carl and Richard talk to Martin Woodward about Team Foundation Server being used for more than just .NET development. Martin used to work for Teamprise until the technology was acquired by Microsoft in 2009 and he made the transition from being an MVP to being a 'blue badge'. The conversation ranges over the new features of TFS 2010, how Java developers can also use TFS, the effects of different process templates in TFS, and more!
Developing Your Career at Oredev!
11/25/2010
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Duration: 52:00

This show is three interviews recorded at Oredev, all around thoughts to expand your career and education. The first is from Michael Norton, discussing taking control of your career. Second, a conversation with Dave Hoover about the apprenticeship and journeyman process of software craftsmanship. Finally, Bill Pugh talks about teaching college students to program.
The Keynoters at Oredev
11/24/2010
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This show is a collection of interviews with the keynote speakers at Oredev. First up is a conversation with Dr. Jeff Norris from NASA, who's keynote focused on the agility shown by folks like Alexander Graham Bell. Next, John Seddon talks about maturing management techniques to get management out of the way of productivity. Finally, Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari and Chuck E Cheese, talks about the future of education. Three amazing luminaries in one show!
.NET Luminaries at Oredev!
11/18/2010
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Duration: 50:00

While at Oredev 2010 in Malmö, Sweden, Carl and Richard got to interview some of the great thinkers and doers of .NET. The first interview is with Jon Skeet, who talks about the upcoming Async features in C# 5. Next, Glenn Block talks about where WCF is going and the move to put WCF source at wcf.codeplex.com. Finally, Ade Miller digs into how parallel development is becoming a focus at Microsoft. This is the first in a series of shows from Oredev 2010.
Jon Skeet and Bill Wagner Disagree About C#
11/16/2010
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Duration: 50:00

Carl and Richard talk to Jon Skeet and Bill Wagner about C#. Both Jon and Bill have published books on C# and have reach each other's work. But C# is such a vast language, there are plenty of things that are subject to interpretation. We could have called this show a C# Smackdown, but these guys are too nice for such a thing!
Natural User Interfaces at SDC!
11/11/2010
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Duration: 55:00

While at SDC in Zeist, Netherlands, Carl and Richard talked to Scott Stanfield and Tim Huckaby about where user interfaces are going. The conversation ranged over touch, Kinect and more!
Tim Huckaby Live at DevConnections
11/9/2010
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Duration: 57:00

While at DevConnections in Las Vegas, Carl and Richard talk to Tim Huckaby about his new company, turning the great innovations from Interknowlogy into products. Tim digs into his favorite NUI topics, as well as exploring the differences between services and product companies.
Designers and Developers at DevReach!
11/4/2010
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Duration: 59:00

While at DevReach 2010 in Bulgaria, Carl and Richard talk to Scott Stanfield, Stephen Forte and Lino Tadros about the working relationship between developers and designers. The conversation explores a number of platforms, including iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7, Blackberry, Silverlight, Flash and more.
Ted Neward and Dierk Konig Compare .NET and JVM Evolution
11/2/2010
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Duration: 50:00

While at DevCon in London, Carl and Richard hosted a discussion with guests Ted Neward and Dierk Konig about the differences and similarities between .NET and the JVM. The discussion ranges over the different languages that are implemented against the platform, how the ownership model of the platforms differs and how that impacts the evolution, right down to how to make the two platforms work and play well with each other.
Phil Haack on Razor, MVC, NuPack and More!
10/28/2010
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Phil Haack. The conversation ranges over Razor, the MVC3 Beta, WebMatrix, NuPack and more!
Rocky Lhotka is CSLA and More
10/26/2010
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Duration: 56:00

From the .NET Rocks Live Weekend, Carl and Richard talk to Rocky Lhotka. What else is there to say?
Brian Randell is Completely Virtual
10/21/2010
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Duration: 55:00

From the .NET Rocks Live Weekend, Carl and Richard talk to Brian Randell about his work with TFS and Hyper-V. The conversation digs into testing infrastructure using Hyper-V.
The Future of Web Apps from Tech Ed New Zealand
10/19/2010
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Duration: 57:00

While Carl and Richard were at Tech Ed New Zealand, Richard moderated a panel discussion on the future of web applications.
Steve Evans Knows IT
10/14/2010
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Duration: 52:00

Carl and Richard talk to Steve Evans during the .NET Rocks Live Weekend. Steve and Richard totally geek out on living in the space between development and infrastructure.
Talking Internet Explorer 9 with Pete LePage
10/12/2010
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Duration: 47:00

While at TechDays in Vancouver, Carl and Richard recorded a .NET Rocks Live with Pete LePage, talking about IE9, which had just been released to public beta.
Show 600!
10/7/2010
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Duration: 59:00

Holy cow, it's show 600! Carl and Richard look back on memorable moments from the last 100 shows.
Andrew Brust Gets All BI On Us
10/5/2010
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Duration: 40:00

Andrew Brust joins Carl and Richard on the .NET Rocks Live Weekend to talk a little Business Intelligence. The conversation also jumps to Windows Phone 7, Google Android and the Apple iPad.
Mark Relph Wants More Windows Applications!
9/30/2010
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Duration: 49:00

While at TechDays Vancouver, Carl and Richard talk to Mark Relph from the Microsoft Windows team about building Windows applications.
Building More Windows Phone 7 Applications
9/28/2010
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Duration: 50:00

Carl and Richard talk to two different developers currently working on Windows Phone 7 applications: Jeff Walker and Ahmed Zaman.
Billy Hollis Still Builds Apps
9/23/2010
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Duration: 56:00

From the .NET Rocks Live Weekend, Carl and Richard talk to Billy Hollis. Billy was last on the show during the .NET Rocks Road Trip, and it seems like the conversation just picked up from there...
Brandon Watson and Friends Build Windows Phone 7 Apps!
9/21/2010
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Duration: 01:06:00

In the first of a two-part series on the Windows Phone, Carl and Richard talk to developers in the field currently building Windows Phone 7 apps. A talk with Brandon Watson from the WP7 team kicks it off.
Charles Petzold Talks New UI
9/16/2010
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Duration: 56:00

From the .NET Rocks Live Weekend, Carl and Richard talk to Charles Petzold about the old days of development and the new days - Charles is focused on WPF, Silverlight and Windows Phone 7.
Pat Hynds Still Cares About Security
9/14/2010
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Duration: 55:00

Pat Hynds talks to Carl and Richard during the .NET Rocks Live Weekend about how security still matters in the mature .NET 4.0 world.
Rob Howard is very Telligent
9/9/2010
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Duration: 57:00

From the .NET Rocks Live Weekend, Carl and Richard catch up with Rob Howard. Rob talks about how Telligent has changed and their new focus on a different customer base that has significantly refocused their product development efforts toward social media.
Stories from Tech Ed Australia!
9/7/2010
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Duration: 34:00

While at Tech Ed Australia, Carl and Richard did a variety of interviews with speakers and attendees.
Mark Dunn is All About Training
9/2/2010
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Duration: 45:00

During the .NET Rocks Live Weekend, Carl and Richard talk to former co-host Mark Dunn about his working in training programmers to be more productive.
Sahil Malik is Still Nutty About Sharepoint
8/31/2010
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Duration: 01:01:00

Another great .NET Rocks Live Weekend show, Carl and Richard talk to Sahil Malik about Sharepoint 2010.
Ethan Winer, Very Old School
8/26/2010
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Duration: 01:03:00

During the .NET Rocks Live Weekend, Carl and Richard talk to Ethan Winer about the old days of development as well as audio systems, design and myths.
Ted Neward Programs in Everything
8/24/2010
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Duration: 55:00

Carl and Richard talk to Ted Neward during the Live Weekend. They cover the acquisition of Sun by Oracle and the potential for Oracle to muster a significant move in the development marketplace. Ted also talks about his exploring of other languages, including Objective-C for the iPhone. The conversation also explores how Oracle will have to rationalize their collection of databases: Oracle, MySQL and Postgres.
Scott Stanfield Advertises Online
8/19/2010
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Duration: 54:00

A great .NET Rocks Live Weekend show, Carl and Richard talk to Scott Stanfield from Vertigo. Scott discusses Vertigo's work around building video players for the NFL, Olympics and more. The conversation drives into how the advertising models around these events work.
Richard Hundhausen looks anew at Scrum
8/17/2010
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Duration: 47:00

Regional Director and MVP Richard Hundhausen takes a new look at Scrum.
Brian Noyes Looks Through Prism
8/12/2010
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Duration: 56:00

A show from the .NET Rocks Live Weekend, Brian Noyes talks about what's coming up in the latest incarnation of Prism.
Jay Schmelzer unveils Microsoft LightSwitch
8/10/2010
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Duration: 52:00

Jay Schmelzer takes the wraps off Microsoft LightSwitch, a new tool that promises to significantly reduce the complexity involved in producing line of business applications for the cloud and the desktop.
Scott Hanselman Enters the WebMatrix
8/5/2010
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Duration: 52:00

Carl and Richard talk to Scott Hanselman (yeah, *that* Scott Hanselman) about WebMatrix, a new set of tools added to the Web Platform Installer to make building and deploying web sites much easier.
Kent Alstad is All About Performance
8/3/2010
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Duration: 53:00

Another great .NET Rocks Live Weekend show, Carl and Richard talk to Kent Alstad, Richard's partner in crime at Strangeloop. Kent talks about his latest thoughts on making web sites go faster.
Glenn Block is Still a MEF Head
7/29/2010
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Duration: 54:00

During the .NET Rocks Live Weekend, Carl and Richard talked to Glenn Block - discovering he was no longer with the MEF team, but was still a MEF head.
Tribune does Azure
7/27/2010
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Duration: 45:00

Jerry Schulist from Tribune company talks to Carl and Richard about Tribune's embrace of Microsoft Azure.
Silverlight PivotViewer
7/22/2010
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Duration: 55:00

Matt Jubelirer from Microsoft talks with Carl and Richard about Silverlight PivotViewer, a radical new tool based on Deep Zoom for conceptualizing data.
Catching up with Roy Osherove at NDC
7/20/2010
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Duration: 37:00

Roy Osherove talks about his experience moving his software company's build servers into the cloud. Recorded June 17th in the Fishbowl at the Norwegian Developer's Conference.
Seth Juarez on Machine Learning
7/15/2010
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Duration: 57:00

Carl and Richard talk to Seth Juarez on his work with Machine Learning algorithms. Seth breaks it down into a simple process.
Steven Sanderson on MVVM, Knockout, and HTML 5
7/13/2010
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Duration: 01:01:00

Steven Sanderson from the UK talks about Knockout, his open source library for doing databinding with Javascript using the MVVM pattern. The conversation goes from that to MVVM to HTML 5 and beyond.
Catching up with Mary Jo Foley
7/8/2010
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Duration: 54:00

Mary Jo Foley treks up to Pwop Studios to talk to Carl and Richard during the .NET Rocks! Live Weekend. She's really smitten with the iPad. Hmmmm... what else?
A Chat with James Kovacs
7/6/2010
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Duration: 01:00:00

As Carl and Richard hang out in their comfy chairs broadcasting to your cell phone, James Kovacs talks briefly about psake, his Powershell-based build tool then goes on to talk about XML readability, designing XAML graphically, JQuery, the functionalness of Javascript, and the potential success of HTML 5. This show was recorded live during the .NET Rocks! Live Weekend. See the links below for more information.
Clemens Vasters on Service Bus
7/1/2010
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Duration: 41:00

Clemens Vasters catches up with Carl and Richard at the Norwegian Developer's Conference to talk about the Service Bus, which Clemens is working on at Microsoft.
Daniel Simmons on EF4
6/29/2010
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Duration: 01:02:00

Daniel Simmons from Microsoft joins Carl and Richard on the DNR Live Weekend for an hour of Entity Framework goodness.
Kevin Hazzard on Code Contracts
6/24/2010
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Duration: 53:00

Kevin Hazzard talks about Code Contracts, which grew out of Spec# and now exists in the .NET Framework 4.0. He also gives us his take on F#.
.NET in your Car!
6/22/2010
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Duration: 52:00

Carl and Richard talk to Stacy Harris and John Mulinax from Microsoft, and TJ Giuli from Ford Motor Company about Fiestaware. No, not the plates your mother serves nachos on. Fiestaware is a framework developed by students for developing in-car applications that do everything from read your emails to seeing your buddies' locations on a bing map.
Jackson Harper and Chris Hardy on Mono
6/17/2010
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Duration: 46:00

Jackson Harper from the Mono team and Chris Hardy, an ASPInsider talk to Carl and Richard about the state of Mono, Moonlight, and Monotouch, which Chris swears is not dead.
Jon von Gillern Analyzes Code with Nitriq
6/15/2010
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Duration: 49:00

Jon von Gillern talks about his passion for coding, which has culminated in two unique code analysis products: Nitriq and Atomiq.
Microsoft Townhall
6/10/2010
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Duration: 35:00

Nick Schaper and Marc Mercuri talk about building America Speaking Out, a website where citizens can vote on political issues. ASO uses the Microsoft TownHall platform, a low-cost framework built on Azure and used by campaigns to build websites to help them keep in touch with their constituency.
Steve Evans Compares Amazon and Azure
6/8/2010
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Duration: 59:00

Steve Evans is back! This time he's comparing cloud offerings from Amazon and Windows Azure.
Rene Schulte on Augmented Reality in SL4
6/3/2010
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Duration: 56:00

Rene Schulte talks about his work in Silverlight 4 with Augmented Reality. He's created an Augmented Reality Toolkit for Silverlight 4 that utilizes the webcam and adds graphics to the video that hold their perspective.
Steve Milroy Tracks the Roadtrip with Bing Maps and Silverlight 4
6/1/2010
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Duration: 49:00

Steve Milroy talks about the Silverlight 4 application his company, Onterra Systems, developed to track the DotNetMobile in real time as Carl and Richard drove across Ameria on the .NET Rocks! Visual Studio 2010 Road Trip in April, 2010.
Teaching Kids Programming
5/27/2010
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Duration: 55:00

Llewellyn Falco and Lynn Langit talk about their free curriculum for teaching kids programming, involving Microsoft SmallBasic.
David Miller on Clojure
5/25/2010
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Duration: 57:00

David Miller talks to Carl and Richard about Clojure-CLR, a .NET implementation of the Clojure language.
F# Panel Live from NERD Center, Cambridge, MA
5/20/2010
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Duration: 01:05:00

While on the Road Trip, Carl and Richard recorded this panel discussion with Talbott Crowell, Rick Minerich and Richard Hale Shaw on F#. The panel makes a very compelling case for adding a functional language to your toolchest.
Brandon Watson Live in Atlanta
5/18/2010
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Duration: 47:00

Brandon Watson from the Windows Phone 7 team tells Carl and Richard how his job is to delight developers, and he's doing just that! Windows Phone 7 represents a veritable gold rush for developers this year, next year, and beyond.
Matthew Podwysocki Codes the Reactive Framework
5/13/2010
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Duration: 50:00

We know, this was supposed to be that Atlanta road trip show. Turns out that show is on an SD card en route to New London. Meantime, enjoy this great show with Matthew Podwysocki about the Reactive Extentions.
PhoneGap with Jesse MacFadyen and Filip Maj
5/11/2010
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Duration: 01:00:00

Jesse MacFadyen and Filip Maj talk to Carl and Richard about PhoneGap, an open source project for supporting rich applications on a large variety of mobile devices.
Brian Harry Live in Durham, NC
5/7/2010
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Duration: 52:00

Brian Harry talks about his experiences at Microsoft on the Visual Source Safe team and the TFS team, and his favorite new ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) features of Visual Studio.
Mark Miller and Karen Mangiacotti Live in Richmond, VA
5/6/2010
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Duration: 52:00

Mark and Karen talk with Carl and Richard about inspiring kids to greatness and fostering wonder in them. As well, Mark reflects on some of the more fun projects he's worked on, and answers the question... where does the mad genius come from?
Ivar Jacobson Live in New York City
5/5/2010
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Duration: 53:00

Ivar Jacobson comes back to .NET Rocks, this time as a special guest on the Road Trip. He talks about Microsoft's re-embrace of UML, his work on Software Engineering Method And Theory (SEMAT), and tells a few Bill Gates stories as well.
Chris Sells Live in Boston
5/4/2010
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Duration: 42:00

Chris Sells joins Carl and Richard on the Road Trip at Microsoft in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Chris is working on guidance for when to use what Microsoft Technologies in the data stack: OData, EF, RIA Services, et al.
Rocky Lhotka and Jay Schmelzer Live in Chicago
5/3/2010
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Duration: 51:00

Rocky and Jay talk with Carl and Richard about the Visual Studio designer experience: XAML vs Cider, as well as ruminations on Silverlight and WPF.
Kate Gregory Live in St. Louis, MO
4/30/2010
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Duration: 41:00

Kate Gregory talks about programming for Windows 7. As well, we have a discussion about the lack of real-world preparation in University for software developers.
Tim Huckaby Live in Tulsa
4/29/2010
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Duration: 44:00

Tim Huckaby talks about his work with Interknowlogy, cancer research, fly fishing, Windows Phone 7, and the convergence of XAML platforms.
Michelle Leroux Bustamante Live in Dallas
4/28/2010
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Duration: 47:00

Carl and Richard catch up with MLB in Dallas. We find out what she's up to. An interesting question asked: What was the most challenging system you ever had to architect? And yes, of course she tells a joke at the end!
Dustin Campbell Live in Houston
4/27/2010
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Duration: 40:00

Carl and Richard talk to Dustin Campbell from the Visual Studio team about his work in Language UI and Intellisense. He also talks about his experiences with Mark Miller at Developer Express, and shows off his jazz guitar chops.
Alan Griver, Beth Massi, and Tim Heuer Live in Phoenix
4/26/2010
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Duration: 46:00

Richard and Carl talk to Alan Griver, Beth Massi, and Tim Heuer in front of a live audience on the 5th stop of the .NET Rocks! Visual Studio 2010 Road Trip in Phoenix, AZ.
Scott Stanfield Live in Redlands, CA
4/23/2010
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Duration: 52:00

Carl and Richard talk to Scott Stanfield about his historical perspective around Visual Studio .NET and how he got into the business.
Billy Hollis Live in San Diego
4/22/2010
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Billy Hollis in San Diego on the third stop of the road trip. Billy always has something interesting to talk about.
Dan Fernandez Live in Los Angeles
4/21/2010
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Dan Fernandez about Channel 9, online community, Visual Studio Express, and more on the second stop of our Road Trip!
Phil Haack Live in Mountain View, California
4/20/2010
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Duration: 43:00

Phil Haack was our guest on the first Road Trip show! We talked about shipping VS2010, ASP.NET MVC, and Phil told us how he got into the business.
Daniel Egan talks Windows Phone 7 Live at Launch
4/15/2010
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Duration: 01:01:00

Carl and Richard talk to Daniel Egan about Windows Phone 7, present and (dare we say) future.
Anders Hejlsberg blows our minds!
4/13/2010
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Duration: 55:00

Carl and Richard talk to Anders Hejlsberg about languages, LINQ internals, high-levels of abstraction, VB, and a few other goodies. Not to be missed!
Jim Zimmerman combines Facebook and Azure
4/8/2010
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Duration: 57:00

Jim Zimmerman talks about the Windows Azure Toolkit for Facebook.
Charlie Kindel on Windows Phone 7
4/6/2010
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Duration: 01:01:00

Carl and Richard talk to Charlie Kindel from Microsoft about building applications for the Windows Phone 7 platform.
Lino Tadros goes Old School on us.
4/1/2010
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Duration: 51:00

Lino Tadros of Borland and Falafel Software fame takes us back to when he worked for Anders Hejlsberg at Borland. Good stories from an old-school geek!
Roman Rubin and Venkatesh Ramakrishnan Push the Limits of Silverlight.
3/30/2010
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Roman Rubin and Venkatesh (Venky) Ramakrishnan talk about their experiences architecting and building large-scale Silverlight applications.
Weyer and Rammer Program iPhones with MonoTouch
3/25/2010
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Duration: 53:00

Christian Weyer and Ingo Rammer from Thinktecture talk with Carl and Richard about programming iPhone applications with MonoTouch, an open source iPhone development tool based on Mono.
Mark Brown Introduces Us to the Web Platform Installer
3/23/2010
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Duration: 57:00

Mark Brown talks about the Web Platform Installer, a free tool for developers from Microsoft that will sucessfully install everything your PC needs to develop web applications on the Microsoft platform.
Instrumenting Applications with Runtime Intelligence
3/18/2010
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Duration: 58:00

Carl and Richard talk to Gabriel Torok and Joe Kuemerle about what it takes to really know what's going on in your enterprise in real time.
Phil Haack Introduces MVC 2
3/16/2010
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Duration: 01:05:00

Haack is back! This time, to announce ASP.NET Model View Controller v2.0
Stories from the Dallas GiveCamp
3/11/2010
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Duration: 55:00

What do you get when you cross a hundered or so geeks, mountains of pizza, truckloads of energy drinks, and a mission to help the charities of the world beef up their online offerings? GiveCamp.
Toad + .NET = Datadude for Oracle
3/9/2010
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Duration: 53:00

Carl and Richard talk to Daniel Norwood and Daniel Wood (I know) from Quest Software, makers of Toad - data tools for Oracle. Now providing Toad Extention for Visual Studio .NET, bringing all of the Datadude features of Visual Studio to Oracle developers.
Brad Frazer on Copyright, SLAs and more
3/4/2010
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Duration: 01:05:00

Brad Frazer talks to Carl and Richard about copyright law as it applies to protecting digital media, content, and software.
Oren Eini on creating DSLs in Boo
3/2/2010
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Duration: 55:00

Oren Eini talks about creating Domain Specific Languages in Boo.
It's the Visual Studio 2010 Launch Show!
2/25/2010
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Duration: 42:00

Carl and Richard talk to Dave Mendlen and Sam Gazitt from Microsoft about the launch event April 12-14, 2010 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas where .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 will be officially launched.
Joel Semeniuk on using TFS with small teams
2/23/2010
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Duration: 01:00:00

Joel is back to talk about how small development teams can best utilize Team Foundation Server.
NASA Pathfinder Innovation Challenge
2/18/2010
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Duration: 55:00

Michelle Viotti and Dr. Jeff Norris from NASA along with Marc Mercuri from Microsoft talk to Carl and Richard about their joint project, the Pathfinder Innovation Challenge in which .NET developers can help NASA make sense of the mountains of data coming back from Mars.
Stephen Toub on .NET 4.0 Concurrency Features
2/16/2010
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Duration: 01:09:00

Stephen Toub talks to the boys about the new concurrency features in .NET 4.0.
Bret Piatt and Josh Odom RackSpace Clouds
2/11/2010
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Duration: 45:00

Bret Piatt and Josh Odom from Rackspace talk about their company's offerings for hosting in the cloud.
Ron Jacobs on Azure AppFabric
2/9/2010
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Duration: 01:06:00

Ron Jacobs talks to Carl and Richard about the Windows Azure platform AppFabric, which provides secure connectivity as a service to help developers bridge cloud, on-premises, and hosted deployments.
Walling and Taber on Micropreneur Academy.
2/4/2010
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Duration: 47:00

Rob Walling and Mike Taber talk about the Micropeneur Academy, a web-based community with the mission to assist one-man tech companies in reaching their goals. Membership is not free, but it's not expensive either.
Kent Brown and Ed Pinto on WCF 4.0
2/2/2010
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Duration: 01:00:00

Richard and Carl talk to Kent Brown and Ed Pinto about the new features of WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) 4.0, which will be released April 12, 2010.
Catching up with Juval Löwy
1/28/2010
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Duration: 01:01:00

Juval is back to talk to Carl and Richard. They get to the bottom of his "Every Object Should be a WCF Service" argument, and get his insights into the current state of .NET development.
oData
1/26/2010
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Duration: 53:00

Carl and Richard get the word on oData from Brad Abrams, Bob Dimpsey and Lance Olson.
My .NET Story
1/21/2010
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Duration: 52:00

Carl and Richard pick the winner for the My .NET Story contest held by Microsoft. Contestants submitted their projects and were judged by a panel of experts. Includes short interviews with the finalists.
Jason Olson Digs into the CLR 4.0
1/19/2010
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Duration: 01:03:00

What's new in the CLR? Jason Olson goes through some of the most important new features.
Ivar Jacobson on the Unified Process
1/14/2010
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Duration: 01:00:00

Carl and Richard talk to the father of UML and the Unified Process, Ivar Jacobson. He recently put forth the Essential Unified Process (EssUp). Not to be missed.
Stephen Walther On ASP.NET AJAX 4.0
1/12/2010
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Duration: 50:00

Stephen Walther talks about the latest version (4) of ASP.NET AJAX and all the associated technologies.
Julie Lerman on Entity Framework 4.0
1/7/2010
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Duration: 58:00

Julie is back to talk about the improvements to the Entity Framework in version 4.0.
Michael Learned on TFS Nuts and Bolts
1/5/2010
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Duration: 57:00

Michael Learned from Microsoft Premier Field Engineering dives deep into Team Foundation Server.
Huey and Wegner Migrate Us to SQL Azure
12/31/2009
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Duration: 52:00

George Huey and Wade Wegner from Microsoft talk to Carl and Richard about George's creation, the SQL Azure Migration Wizard, a free tool that will save you countless hours when migrating SQL Server databases to SQL Azure.
Scott Hunter Tours Us Through ASP.NET 4.0
12/29/2009
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Duration: 01:06:00

Carl and Richard talk to Scott Hunter to scratch the surface of the new features in ASP.NET 4.0
Scott Stanfield: Silverlight Rock Star!
12/24/2009
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Duration: 58:00

Scott Stanfield talks about how his company Vertigo developes Silverlight streaming video controller/viewer solutions for the likes of Monday Night Football and The Olympics. Maybe you've heard of them?
Eric Lawrence on Fiddler
12/22/2009
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Duration: 57:00

Eric Lawrence from Microsoft talks about Fiddler, a debugging proxy for HTTP traffic that you can use in your own applications.
Corey Haines on Software Craftsmanship
12/17/2009
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Duration: 57:00

Corey Haines shares his ideas on the Software Craftsmanship movement: training, apprenticeship, guidance, and collaboration.
Michael Dirolf is SQL Free with MongoDB
12/15/2009
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Duration: 55:00

MongoDB is a non-relational database. For most of us working with SQL Server, using a non-relational database is a strange idea. Michael Dirolf makes the case.
Live from Oredev 2009
12/10/2009
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Duration: 01:17:00

Carl and Richard interview today's luminaries live on stage at Oredev in Malmo, Sweden November 4th and 5th, 2009.
Paul Litwin on SQL Reporting Services
12/8/2009
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Duration: 55:00

Carl and Richard caught up with Paul Litwin to talk about Reporting Services. Recorded live at DevConnections in Las Vegas last month.
Codeplex Foundation
12/3/2009
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Duration: 57:00

Carl and Richard talk to Sam Ramji and Bill Staples about the Codeplex Foundation, which provides a framework to facilitate the participation of corporate software developers in open source projects communities.
Weyer and Baier on WIF
12/1/2009
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Duration: 56:00

Christian Weyer and Dominick Baier talk about real world Windows Identity Foundation. This show wraps up our three-part series on WIF.
Live from PDC, it's My .NET Story!
11/26/2009
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Duration: 01:35:00

Carl and Richard interview seven contestants in the My .NET Story contest. Enter a story about your .NET application online at www.mydotnetstory.com. The winner gets either a trip to the Galopagos Islands or a Smart Car.
Bowen and Cummings on XNA
11/24/2009
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Duration: 59:00

Carl and Richard talk to Chris Bowen of Microsoft and Michael Cummings of Magenic on using XNA to develop games and applications for the PC, XBox and Zune.
It's The 500th Freakin Show!
11/19/2009
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Duration: 01:08:00

I know! We can't believe it either. We went back over the last 100 shows and cherry picked a few of our favorite segments. Thank you for your continued support!
Lev Novik on the Microsoft Sync Framework
11/17/2009
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Duration: 01:06:00

Lev Novik talks to Carl and Richard about the Sync Framework, a comprehensive synchronization platform that enables collaboration and offline access for applications, services, and devices with support for any data type, any data store, any transfer protocol, and any network topology.
Stephen Forte in The Netherlands
11/12/2009
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Duration: 59:00

Carl and Richard welcome Stephen Forte back to the show, this time in front of a small audience at SDC in Arnhem, The Netherlands. The discussion focuses on living as a developer in the modern digital world.
Live from DevReach, Sofia, Bulgaria
11/10/2009
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Duration: 59:00

Recorded in front of a live audience at DevReach Bulgaria, Carl and Richard talk to Christian Weyer, Shawn Wildermuth, and Hadi Hariri about Silverlight, Data Transports, and whatever else was on their minds.
Dean Guo Takes Us Into Project Trident
11/5/2009
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Duration: 53:00

The boys talk to Dean Gou about Project Trident, a scientific workflow workbench. With Project Trident, you can author workflows visually by using a catalog of existing activities and complete workflows. The workflow workbench provides a tiered library that hides the complexity of different workflow activities and services for ease of use.
Vittorio Bertocci authenticates us with WIF
11/3/2009
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Duration: 01:12:00

Vittorio Bertocci goes over Windows Identity Foundation (Geneva) from a developer's perspective.
Chris Sells in on DataDude
10/29/2009
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Duration: 01:04:00

Carl and Richard catch up with Chris Sells at DevReach in Sofia, Bulgaria a couple weeks ago. Chris is all about Data Dude, the Visual Studio edition for Database Professionals. Great show on all counts.
Doug Seven on Visual Studio 2010
10/27/2009
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Duration: 59:00

Doug Seven talks to the boys about Visual Studio 2010. In particular, pricing, features, and the launch.
Aaron Skonnard Builds a Real Cloud App
10/22/2009
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Duration: 01:00:00

Aaron Skonnard talks about his experiences building a real application in the cloud.
Francesco Balena on VB to .NET Migration
10/20/2009
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Duration: 01:03:00

Francesco Balena talks about his groundbreaking work in migrating VB6 applications to VB.NET
Donald Farmer on Gemini
10/15/2009
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Duration: 58:00

Carl and Richard talk to Donald Farmer about Project Gemini, which brings Analysis Services to Excel in a very elegant way.
Shawn Wildermuth on Declarative UI
10/13/2009
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Duration: 59:00

Shawn Wildermuth talks about the importance and significance of declarative User Interfaces in the context of WPF and Silverlight.
Mark Miller and Billy Hollis on UI
10/8/2009
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Duration: 01:00:00

Mark Miller and Billy Hollis go head to head on User Interface. The conversation ranges from WPF and Silverlight to Visual Studio and Blend to whatever else they felt like talking about...
Dana Groff and Yossi Levanoni Talk STM
10/6/2009
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Duration: 01:09:00

Software Transactional Memory (shipping as part of .NET 4.0) represents the next generation in writing code that utilizes multiple cores. The best part is, the code gets much more simple!
Michelle Leroux Bustamante on Web Security
10/1/2009
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Duration: 01:11:00

MLB is back to talk to Carl and Richard about the Claims-Based Security Model.
Steven Borg on All Things Team System
9/29/2009
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Duration: 59:00

Steven Borg talks about his experiences delivering solutions with Microsoft Team System, with a special focus on automated builds.
Giving the Gift of Technology
9/24/2009
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Duration: 58:00

Philip Japikse talks about his experiences working on Hope Mongers, a volunteer-run asp.net-based website that brings charity projects together with donators.
Kent Tegels on SQL Server Integration Services
9/22/2009
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Duration: 54:00

This conversation with Kent Tegels starts with SSIS and goes from there, like most good .NET Rocks! shows.
Leon Gersing is Having a Love Affair with Ruby!
9/17/2009
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Duration: 57:00

Carl and Richard talk to Leon Gersing about his love affair with Ruby, which he so elequently spoke of as an audience member at DevLink in Nashville (show #476).
Martin Woodward on Team System
9/15/2009
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Duration: 49:00

Today's show is a previously recorded conversation with Martin Woodward about Team System.
Microsoft battles HIV!
9/10/2009
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Duration: 48:00

Carl and Richard talk to Jonathan Carlson, Bob Davidson, David Heckerman, and Carl Kadie from Microsoft Research about their efforts to find vaccines for HIV using Microsoft technologies.
Hall and McWherter Test ASP.NET!
9/8/2009
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Duration: 50:00

Ben Hall and Jeff McWherter talk with Carl and Richard about testing ASP.NET applications.
John Petersen on the Legal Side of Software!
9/3/2009
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Duration: 01:01:00

John Petersen talks about software patents, End User License Agreements, contracts, and other pains in the backside that we'd rather not think about.
Chris Menegay uses TFS for ALM!
9/1/2009
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Duration: 54:00

Chris Menegay is back to talk about using Team Foundation Server for ALM (Application Lifecycle Management).
Panel: Is Software Development Too Complex?
8/27/2009
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Duration: 01:18:00

Recorded live at devLink in Nashville, Tennessee. Billy Hollis, Kathleen Dollard, Jim Holmes, and Josh Holmes (no relation) discuss the issue of the complexity of software development. Several .NET celebrities in the audience also chimed in.
James Kovacs on Convention over Configuration
8/25/2009
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Duration: 57:00

James Kovacs is back to talk about how the idea of Convention over Configuration has transformed the way we think about software development, leading to better usability and productivity.
Christian Gross: Death of the Speaker?
8/20/2009
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Duration: 50:00

Christian Gross talks about the nascent death of the professional speaker. What is happening to the big technical conferences? How does that fare for the pro speaker? Are the glory days over? Does anyone care?
Joel Semeniuk on the State of Team System
8/18/2009
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Duration: 59:00

Joel Semeniuk is back to catch us up on Visual Studio Team System. Problems solved and features yet to come.
Steve Evans on IT for Developers
8/13/2009
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Duration: 01:04:00

Steve Evans talks to Richard and Carl about what developers need to know on the IT side of technology.
Vishwas Lele on Real-World Azure
8/11/2009
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Duration: 59:00

Vishwas is back to talk about his experiences programming for Microsoft Windows Azure. Vishwas did a port of the famous DinnerNow website using the Azure cloud computing platform.
Nate Kohari on the Zen of Project Management!
8/6/2009
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Duration: 57:00

Carl and Richard talk to Nate Kohari about lean project management, and Zen, a lean project management tool.
Brad Cunningham on Touch Technology
8/4/2009
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Duration: 59:00

Brad Cunningham talks about developing touch-based applications, and the various technologies manufacturers are using for touch-based applications.
Glenn Howes Sets Us Straight on iPhone Dev!
7/30/2009
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Duration: 01:04:00

Alert listener and iPhone developer Glenn Howes gives us the real story on iPhone development from a different perspective.
Kiciman and Friedman Bring AjaxView to Studio!
7/27/2009
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Duration: 48:00

Emre Kiciman and Mark Friedman talk about bringing AjaxView to Visual Studio. Emre previously talked about AjaxView on .NET Rocks when it was a Microsoft Research project to enable developers to profile the behavior of JavaScript on the browser. Since then, AjaxView has been developed as the Microsoft Visual Studio AJAX Profiling Extensions. Mark as part of the Studio team focused on making AjaxView work in Studio. The conversation not only digs into what AjaxView can do for a developer, but the challenges of bringing a research project to the mainstream.
Ananth B on Brahma!
7/23/2009
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Duration: 53:00

Ananth B talks about Brahma, an open-source library written for the .NET 3.5 framework (in C# 3.0), to provide high level access to parallel streaming computations on a variety of processors.
Roman Schindlauer on Complex Events
7/21/2009
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Duration: 56:00

Carl and Richard talk to Roman Schindlauer on Complex Event Processing (CEP) and Microsoft's Platform for CEP using SQL Server.
Aaron Erickson Identifies the Seven Deadly Firms
7/16/2009
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Duration: 01:04:00

Aaron Erickson talks with Carl and Richard about the various 7 anti-patterns of the tech consulting business. His book is a veritable survival guide for consultants.
Brian Noyes on Workflow 4.0
7/14/2009
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Duration: 01:04:00

Brian Noyes talks about Workflow Foundation 4.0
Paul Stubbs on Silverlight in Sharepoint
7/9/2009
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Duration: 53:00

Pual Stubbs from Microsoft talks about the marriage of Silverlight and Sharepoint.
Stephen Forte on Data Access Options
7/7/2009
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Duration: 53:00

Forte is back talking about all the options .NET developers have for data access, and gives some guidelines as to when to use what.
Scott Ambler on the Agile Process Maturity Model
7/2/2009
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Duration: 01:06:00

Scott Ambler from IBM talks about the Agile Process Maturity Model, which defines three levels of Agile methodology.
Michael Stiefel on Cloud Computing
6/30/2009
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Duration: 59:00

Michael Stiefel is back to talk about the realities of Cloud Computing including offerings from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft Azure.
Scott Hanselman and Phil Haack at NDC!
6/25/2009
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Duration: 56:00

Carl and Richard talked to Scott Hanselman and Phil Haack live on stage at the Norweigian Developer's Conference last week about new and cool toys and technology.
Sahil Malik's Sharepoint Checklist
6/23/2009
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Duration: 01:06:00

Sahil Malik tells us what every developer should know about Sharepoint.
Jason Diller and Daniel Crenna on TweetSharp
6/18/2009
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Duration: 58:00

TweetSharp is a .NET library for developing Twitter applications. Yeah, that's what I thought too until we talked to these guys! You'll want it.
Paul Randal on Developers and Databases
6/16/2009
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Duration: 01:06:00

We catch up with Paul Randal, previously with the Microsoft SQL Server team, about all the little details of SQL Server all developers should know.
Rory does iPhones!
6/11/2009
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Duration: 01:03:00

Rory Blyth comes back to .NET Rocks! with stories of a .NET developer turned iPhone developer. Learn how the other half lives!
Peter Vogel uses Code Generation
6/9/2009
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Duration: 49:00

Peter Vogel talks about code generation pros, cons, technologies, and strategies from Visual Studio to T4
Eric Lee Builds Great Demos and WF2WPF
6/4/2009
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Duration: 54:00

Eric Lee from Microsoft talks about his experiences developing live demos for the likes of Steve Ballmer. Then he digs into his codeplex project, WinForms to WPF. Check it out on codeplex!
Dan Simmons Talks EF Version 4
6/2/2009
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Duration: 52:00

Daniel Simmons is back this time to talk about the new features of ADO.NET Entity Framework version 4.
Nicholas Blumhardt on Autofac
5/29/2009
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Duration: 58:00

The .NET dudes talk to Nicholas Blumhardt about Autofac, an IoC container that uses lambda expressions in C# 3.0 to create components.
Axum!
5/27/2009
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Duration: 01:09:00

Carl and Richard talk to Nickolas Gustafsson and Josh Phillips about Axum, a new language developed specifically for parallelism.
Ten Things that Annoy Miguel Castro
5/21/2009
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Duration: 01:05:00

Miguel Castro shares his list of pet peeves.
Peter DeBetta and Adam Machanic on creating good SQL databases
5/19/2009
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Duration: 01:00:00

Peter and Adam talk about creating good SQL Server databases. We figured it was about time we did a good old fashioned data show!
Doug Turnure and Johanna White are Ramping Up!
5/14/2009
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Duration: 49:00

Doug Turnure and Johanna White talk about the Ramp Up, an online program that assists users in learning Microsoft technology.
Kenn Scribner on REST
5/12/2009
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Duration: 58:00

Carl and Richard talk to Kenn Scribner about REST, its origins and intended uses.
Ted Neward on Oracle buying Sun
5/7/2009
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Duration: 58:00

Carl and Richard talk to Ted Neward about Sun being bought by Oracle, and other musings in the Java space.
Kate Gregory Still Programs in C++!
5/5/2009
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Duration: 01:09:00

Attack of the Canadians!! In this show Kate gets hardcore, talking about C++, VC10, the Vista Bridge, and a few other technical gems.
Dino Esposito Gets Architectural!
4/30/2009
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Duration: 53:00

Dino Esposito is back to share his latest thoughts about architecture.
Shawn Wildermuth on Silverlight 3.0
4/28/2009
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Duration: 01:00:00

Shawn Wildermuth talks about the new features in Silverlight 3.0. Shawn brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table. Lots of great tips!
Jeff Atwood talks Stack Overflow
4/23/2009
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Duration: 58:00

Carl and Richard talk with Jeff Atwood about Stack Overflow and effective problem solving solutions.
Jonas Folleso on UI Framework Choices
4/21/2009
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Duration: 55:00

Jonas Folleso of Norway talks to Carl and Richard about which User Interface we chose for our applications. ASP.NET Ajax, Silverlight 3, WPF, Windows Forms) and his insights into these technologies.
Pat Hynds on why projects fail
4/16/2009
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Duration: 01:00:00

Patrick Hynds (our first guest) is back to talk about his experiences and research on why software projects fail. New statistics show that even with agile methodologies such as Test-Driven-Development, most software projects still fail.
Bob Beauchemin Gets Spatial in SQL Server 2008!
4/14/2009
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Duration: 58:00

Bob Beauchemin talks to Carl and Richard about spatial data types in SQL Server 2008, and the types of applications that lend themselves well to it. He also discusses the similarities and differences of the spatial data support in Virtual Earth.
Kathleen Dollard on MEF and More!
4/9/2009
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Duration: 01:03:00

Carl and Richard talk with Kathleen Dollard about MEF, the future of development, and more.
Don Kiely on AJAX at DevConnections!
4/7/2009
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Duration: 01:10:00

Recorded live at DevConnections Orlando 2009, Don Kiely is back to talk about AJAX old and new (ASP.NET AJAX 4.0 is just out), and a few other things on his mind.
Arun Kishan on The Windows Kernel
4/4/2009
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Duration: 01:04:00

Carl and Richard talk to Arun Kishan about all things Windows. The OS kernel is a mystery to most. This is a laid back discussion about Windows from a developers point of view.
Phil Haack on ASP.NET MVC RTM!!
3/31/2009
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Duration: 01:00:00

There's some acronym soup for ya! Phil talks about the differences in the MVP and MVC patterns, some other patterns emerging out of MVP, and of course the ASP.NET MVC Framework, recently released to manufacturing by Microsoft!
Catching up with Russ Fustino
3/26/2009
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Duration: 51:00

Russ Fustino is back in the limelight with a new TV show "It's All About The Tools" He talks about his experiences on the road, as one of the busiest evangelists at Microsoft.
Jim Duffy Lives on a Virtual Earth
3/24/2009
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Duration: 58:00

Jim Duffy offers up the latest and greatest about Virtual Earth. You may be surprised about what you can do with it!
Abrams and Kothari Talk MIX09!
3/19/2009
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Duration: 59:00

Brad Abrams and Nikhil Kothari are back to fill us in on what was announced and discussed at Mix 2009!
Michael Foord Talks IronPython
3/17/2009
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Duration: 53:00

Michael Foord talks with the .NET Dudes about IronPython and Python.
Mike Nash Talks IE8 and Windows 7!
3/12/2009
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Duration: 01:11:00

Carl and Richard talk to Mike Nash from the Windows Platform Strategy group about IE8, Windows 7, and everything else that goes on day to day in the life of a Corporate VP.
Tess Ferrandez on Debugging
3/10/2009
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Duration: 53:00

Carl and Richard talk to Tess Ferrandez about her experiences as an escalation engineer at Microsoft, focusing on debugging and memory management.
Rob Boucher on Application Architecture Guidance!
3/5/2009
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Duration: 01:00:00

Rob Boucher talks about a very helpful (and free!) application architecture guide contributed to by the who's who in the .NET Community, both inside and outside of Microsoft. You'll pick up some great tips. Writers: J.D. Meier (Project Lead), Alex Homer, David Hill, Jason Taylor, Prashant Bansode, Lonnie Wall, Rob Boucher Jr., Akshay Bogawat, Praveen Rangarajan (Test), and Dennis Rea (Edit).
Lee Zuckett on the Customer Care Framework
3/3/2009
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Duration: 48:00

Lee Zuckett from Microsoft talks about the Microsoft Customer Care Framework, which helps companies create valuable customer relationships by improving the customer experience across all interaction channels -phone, e-mail, chat, and web-bringing together disparate information from different applications into one view, without having to re-enter the same information.
Andrew Brust Talks BI
2/27/2009
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Duration: 01:00:00

Andrew is back to talk about the state of Business Intelligence technology.
Catching up with Pablo Castro
2/25/2009
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Duration: 01:07:00

Pablo Castro brings us up to date on ADO.NET Data Services, offline data, REST services, cloud computing, and more.
Doug Crockford
2/19/2009
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Duration: 01:05:00

Doug Crockford talks about Javascript, JSON and more!
Derik Whittaker on nHibernate
2/17/2009
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Duration: 58:00

Carl and Richard talk to Derik Whittaker about some of the supporting tools for nHibernate, such as FluentNHibernate, a DSL for nHibernate.
Alan Stevens on Community 2.0
2/13/2009
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Duration: 01:03:00

Carl and Richard talk to Alan Stevens about his involvement with the .NET community, and the wider developer community.
Brian Noyes on the State of WPF and More
2/10/2009
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Duration: 01:00:00

The always-thoughtful Brian Noyes shares his thoughts on the state of WPF, Silverlight, WF, and WCF.
Coding for Fun with Dan Fernandez and Brian Peek
2/5/2009
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Duration: 01:03:00

Dan and Brian talk about the fun projects they've created for their Coding for Fun book, the blog, the website, and all that goes with it.
Catching up with Rocky Lhotka
2/3/2009
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Duration: 01:12:00

Carl and Richard talk to Rocky about his new book as well as his thoughts on Oslo, DSLs, Windows Home Server, and Windows 7.
Bryan Wilhite Speaks!
1/29/2009
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Duration: 01:14:00

Bryan Wilhite talks about his open-source projects, and his experiences in the trenches as a .NET developer. Great stories!
Aslam Khan talks Design
1/27/2009
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Duration: 58:00

Aslam Khan tells us his thoughts on good software design, focusing on the domain, resisting prototypes and big design up front. He also shares his thoughts about Software as a Service.
Interviews from Codemash 2009
1/22/2009
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Duration: 01:12:00

Carl and Richard interview Joe Fiorini, Jonathan Penn, Josh Walsh, and Andrew Kavanaugh about winning the 2008 Rails Rumble contest; then Chris Marinos and Mike Woelmer about their Paint Wars XNA game; and finally Corey Haines about his Pair Programming Tour.
Mark Dunn Interviews at TechEd Europe 2008
1/20/2009
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Duration: 59:00

Mark Dunn joins Carl and Richard to review some of the interviews he did at TechEd EMEA in Barcelona, Spain in November, 2008. On board are Bob Beauchemin, John Flanders, Pat Helland, Richard Pawson, and Jay Roxe.
Live from CodeMash 2009!
1/15/2009
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Duration: 01:06:00

Carl and Richard talk to an esteemed panel of experts about Rich Internet Applications, focusing on web-based apps at CodeMash 2009 in Sandusky, OH.
Ward Bell on ORMs.
1/13/2009
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Duration: 59:00

Ward Bell offers his opinion of Object Relational Mappers, the Entity Framework, LINQ to SQL, and Silverlight.
Uncle Bob at Oredev
1/8/2009
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Duration: 53:00

Carl and Richard catch up with Bob Martin at Oredev in Malmo, Sweden. Topics range from debugging to software quality. Great show.
Nick Hodges on Delphi.NET
1/6/2009
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Duration: 55:00

Carl and Richard talk to Nick Hodges about Delphi.NET.
James Whittaker Takes Testing Seriously
1/1/2009
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Duration: 50:00

James Whittaker brings a practical approach to testing, and his viewpoint may surprise you.
Ted Neward at Oredev
12/30/2008
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Duration: 01:02:00

Ted Neward talk to Richard and Carl about Scala and other languages on stage at Oredev in Malmo, Sweden. Oren Eini was in the audience and got a good question in.
Catching up with Scott Bellware
12/25/2008
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Duration: 54:00

Carl and Richard sit down with Scott Bellware at Oredev in Malmo, Sweden.
Cangialosi and Mariani on Visual Studio Extensibility (VSX)
12/23/2008
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Duration: 01:02:00

Anthony Cangialosi and Rico Mariani talk with Richard and Carl about Visual Studio Extensibility and the VS Ecosystem, and a little bit about IdeaBlade.
The State of Silverlight witih Tim Heuer
12/18/2008
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Duration: 01:00:00

Tim Heuer from the Silverlight team at Microsoft talks to Carl and Richard about the current state of Silverlight, and offers his perspective on using Silverlight among other things.
David Aiken on Azure
12/16/2008
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Duration: 53:00

David Aiken is back, this time to lay down the skinny on Azure. What can you do with it? What doesn't it do? All this and more! Now how much would you pay???
Catching up with Oren Eini
12/12/2008
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Duration: 59:00

Oren Eini spoke to Carl and Richard at 0redev in Malmo, Sweden in November about the latest version of Rhino Mocks, Oren's mocking framework. Oren also talks about mocking in General.
Oslo is Love with Chris Sells
12/10/2008
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Duration: 01:02:00

Chris Sells is here to explain Oslo for real. Don and Doug couldn't really dig deep into Oslo before the PDC, but now that it has been announced, Chris is here to splain it to everyone in clear English.
Show 400!
12/5/2008
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Duration: 55:00

Carl and Richard look back on the last year joined by a cast of former guests and conference speakers in the hotel bar at the Marriott Chateau Champlain in Montreal while at DevTeach. WARNING: Unbleeped F-Bombs!
The HP TouchSmart!
12/2/2008
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Duration: 44:00

Carl and Richard talk to Irwin Kwan, PM on TouchSmart team at Hewlett-Packard; Oluf Nissen, Dev on the TouchSmart team; Muffi Ghadiali, marketing for HP Touchsmart Software; and Matt Whitlock from Capable Networks, developer of www.touchsmartcommunity.com, a site dedicated to the TouchSmart community. HP has just released a set of development guidelines for the TouchSmart. Check it out!
Glenn Block on MEF
11/27/2008
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Duration: 46:00

Glenn Block talk to Carl and Richard about Microsoft MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework), which provides scalable extensibility for any application.
Michael Feathers talks Legacy Code
11/25/2008
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Duration: 01:00:00

Carl and Richard talk to Michael Feathers about how to bring legacy code (that which has no testing code coverage) into the 21st century.
The Future of Web Development Panel
11/20/2008
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Duration: 01:15:00

Recorded live at Devreach in Sofia, Bulgaria, this is a discussion with Miguel Castro, Todd Anglin, Shawn Wildermuth, and Steven Smith. Mark Dunn filled in for Richard.
Mark Miller on UX Live at DevConnections Vegas
11/18/2008
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Duration: 01:04:00

Mark Miller has more to say about what makes for good User Interface and User Experience. Recorded live in front of an audience at DevConnections in Last Vegas, NV November 12th, 2008
Costall and McMahon on Community in Britain
11/13/2008
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Duration: 01:05:00

Richard Costall and Dave McMahon join the boys for a discussion centering on their efforts to build community in Great Britain and beyond.
David Hayden on the Unity Framework
11/11/2008
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Duration: 58:00

David Hayden talks to Carl and Richard about the Microsoft Unity Framework
Ron Jacobs tells the REST of the story
11/6/2008
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Duration: 01:02:00

Ron Jacobs finally on .NET Rocks! Ron talks with Richard and Carl about architecture, REST, WCF, his podcasts, and more.
Bill Wagner on Advanced C#
11/4/2008
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Duration: 01:04:00

Carl and Richard talk to Bill Wagner about the more advanced features of C# 3.0 and how they can be used to do some amazing things.
YSlow! Steve Souders finds Website Bottlenecks
10/30/2008
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Duration: 01:06:00

Carl and Richard talk to Steven Souders, creator of YSlow, an analysis tool for finding website bottlenecks on the client side of the equation.
Surface!
10/28/2008
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Duration: 57:00

Carl and Richard talk to Robert Levy and Doug Kramer at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles right after they unveiled the Microsoft Surface to the Microsoft developer community.
Bob Martin (Uncle Bob) on Being a Professional!
10/23/2008
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Duration: 01:06:00

Bob Martin talks about how to achieve Clean Code, which also happens to be the name of his famous book on software development.
Rocky Lhotka on CSLA.NET for Silverlight!
10/21/2008
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Duration: 01:06:00

Rocky is back to talk about his acclaimed CSLA.NET framework which was just released for Silverlight, allowing you to write CSLA clients in the browser... even running on a Mac!
Interknowlogy Scratches the Surface!
10/17/2008
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Duration: 01:08:00

Dan Hanan and Kevin Kennedy from Interknowlogy talk about their experiences working with WPF, Surface, and Silverlight. Interknowlogy is run by Tim Huckaby, a long-time guest and friend of .NET Rocks!
Don Box and Doug Purdy on Oslo!
10/14/2008
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Duration: 01:01:00

Richard and Carl talk with Don Box and Doug Purdy about Microsoft code-name Oslo, a nascent set of developer tools and technologies that promise to make development much easier than it is today.
Rob Tiffany on Windows Mobile
10/9/2008
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Duration: 01:07:00

Rob Tiffany stops by to talk about the lastest in Windows Mobile technology. Carl managed to squeeze a hint out of him about what's next for Windows Mobility.
Jon Skeet on C# 3.0
10/7/2008
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Duration: 01:02:00

Carl and Richard talk to author and developer Jon Skeet about his work with C# and Java at Google and elsewhere.
Andrew Delin on SOX Compliance
10/2/2008
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Duration: 01:05:00

Carl and Richard talk to Andrew Delin about why developers should care about the Sarbanes Oxley Act and why a compliance plan is in your best interest.
Catching up with Michele Leroux Bustamante
9/30/2008
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Duration: 01:11:00

Michele Leroux Bustamante talks to Carl and Richard for the first time since she had her first kid! The topic is federated identity services.
Frans Bouma on ORM!
9/25/2008
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Duration: 01:10:00

Carl and Richard talk to Frans Bouma about his thoughts on the ORM revolution, his products, and the Entity Framework. Great stuff!
Billy Hollis on WPF and Silverlight 2.0
9/23/2008
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Duration: 01:17:00

Carl and Richard catch up with Rev. Billy (just kidding, Billy) to talk about the state of WPF and Silverlight 2.0. Billy always has great stories from the field, and real-world insight.
Michael Isard on Dryad
9/18/2008
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Duration: 58:00

Richard and Carl talk to Michael Isard about Dryad, a grid computing and clustering project from Microsoft.
Ted Neward and Amanda Laucher on F#
9/16/2008
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Duration: 01:05:00

Carl and Richard talk to Ted Neward and Amanda Laucher about their work with F# and separate truth from fiction about functional languages.
Catching up with Charles Petzold
9/11/2008
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Duration: 01:17:00

Carl and guest co-host Mark Dunn talk with Charles Petzold about the life of the father of modern computing, Alan Turing. Charles talks about his book, "The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine.", and also discusses writing books, blogs, and online media.
Steve Teixeira on Parallelism
9/9/2008
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Duration: 01:04:00

Carl and Richard talk to Steve Teixeira, Product Unit Manager for the Parallel Development Tools team within Developer Division's Parallel Computing Platform organzation at Microsoft. The conversation is mostly around the future of parallel computing highlighting offerings that Microsoft is currently working on.
Glenn Block and Brian Noyes on Prism
9/4/2008
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Duration: 47:00

While at TechEd 2008 in Orlando Carl and Richard recorded this interview with Glenn Block from Microsoft and Brian Noyes from iDesign about the Prism project, formally named Composite Application Guidance, which promises to simplify and organize WPF development projects.
Randell and Woodward on TFS 2008 and Beyond!
9/2/2008
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Duration: 01:16:00

Brian Randell and Martin Woodward talk about Team Foundation Server 2008, and all the goodness within.
Live from devLink 2008!
8/28/2008
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Duration: 01:05:00

Carl and Richard break out the microphone during Karaoke night (don't worry) at the DoubleTree bar in Murphreesboro, TN, to talk to staff and attendees of the devLink Technical Conference (August 22-23).
Thiago Silva on Reporting Services for SQL2008
8/26/2008
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Duration: 01:03:00

Carl and Richard talk to Thiago Silva about the new features of Reporting Services for SQL Server 2008.
Soma!
8/21/2008
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Duration: 01:02:00

Richard and Carl talk to Microsoft Executive S. Somasegar about his experiences at Microsoft from his early days working on systems like OS/2, NT, Windows 2000 to overseeing the Developer Division of Microsoft.
Dan Simmons and Stephen Forte on the EF Advisory Council
8/19/2008
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Duration: 01:00:00

Dan Simmons is back with Stephen Forte, a member of the EF Advisory Council, a group of outsiders who were brought in to help shape future direction for the EF. You might be surprised at who else was on the council, and what they are thinking about for the next version.
Steve Smith on the Transition to Entrepeneur
8/15/2008
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Duration: 47:00

Steven Smith talk with Carl and Mark Dunn about changing careers from software developer to small business owner. All three have made the jump and share their experiences.
Udi Dahan Scales Web Applications!
8/12/2008
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Duration: 01:10:00

Udi Dahan is back to talk to the guys about scaling web applications. This is an area of expertise for Richard as well as Udi, so you know you'll get your money's worth out of this one!
Eric Swedin Looks Back in Time
8/7/2008
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Duration: 01:11:00

Mark Dunn joins Carl for this fun look back at the history of computers with Eric Swedin, author of Computers: The Life Story of a Technology.
Daniel Simmons on Entity Framework v1!
8/5/2008
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Duration: 55:00

Dan Simmons is back this time to announce the release of the Entity Framework, and to answer some questions about it's architecture and use. Version 1 will ship around August 11th.
Stacy Harris Does Home Automation!
7/31/2008
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Duration: 59:00

Charles Stacy Harris talks about technologies used to automate his home using .NET interfaces. Geek out!
Kate Gregory Develops in C++ for Vista!
7/29/2008
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Duration: 01:07:00

Carl and Richard catch up with Kate Gregory to talk Vista, VB, C++, and her latest thoughts and experiences.
James Kovacs Inverts our Control!
7/24/2008
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Duration: 01:04:00

James Kovacs talks about the Castle Windsor project, and gives the clearest definitions of Inversion of Control (IOC) containers, Dependency Injection, and the reasons why we need to think about these techniques. Critical listening for all .NET developers.
Jeffrey Richter on the Windows Memory Model
7/22/2008
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Duration: 01:07:00

Jeff Richter is back to talk about how Windows manages memory, from the early versions of Windows to the .NET Framework. Geek out!
Ted Neward and Joel Pobar on Rotor 2.0
7/17/2008
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Duration: 01:00:00

Ted Neward and Joel Pobar talk about Rotor, the open source .net framework reference implementation. Ted and Joel have written a book on Rotor 2.0
Brian Randell on Hyper-V and Virtualization
7/15/2008
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Duration: 01:01:00

Brian Randell is back to talk about Microsoft Virtualization technologies focusing on Hyper-V, the kernel-level virtualization technology built into Windows Server 2008.
TechEd 2008 Software Quality Panel
7/10/2008
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Duration: 56:00

This is as close to Jerry Springer as we get! A great panel discussion from TechEd 2008 about balancing software quality with other factors such as cost and time taken.
Nathan Pocock on OPC and Factory Automation
7/8/2008
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Duration: 01:01:00

Carl and Richard get the skinny from Nathan Pocock on OPC (open process collabaration), and the advances made using OPC as a comprehensive interface with PLCs (programmable logic controllers).
XML Literals Panel from TechEd 2008
7/3/2008
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Duration: 47:00

Carl and Richard host a panel discussion at the TechEd Online stage at TechEd 2008, subtitled How I Learned to Love Dim.
Ted Faison Takes Events to the Limit!
7/1/2008
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Duration: 01:14:00

Carl and Richard talk to Ted Faison as part of the whole back to basics initiative at DNR about Event-Driven design.
Donald Belcham and Kyle Baley on Brownfield Applications
6/26/2008
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Duration: 01:08:00

Donald Belcham and Kyle Baley talk to Carl and Richard about inheriting existing (brownfield) applications. The focus of this talk is on setting up the environment before tackling the code with a special focus on testing.
Smart Client Panel at TechEd 2008
6/24/2008
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Duration: 51:00

Carl and Richard interview Glenn Block, Steve Lasker, and Tim Huckaby on the state of the Smart Client.
Eric Brechner on IM Wright's Hard Code
6/19/2008
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Duration: 01:05:00

Carl and Richard talk to Eric Brechner, the author of the book 'I. M. Wright's Hard Code', an opinion blog (and book) with a tude!
Rick Strahl on AJAX and jQuery
6/17/2008
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Duration: 01:06:00

Rick Strahl takes us on a tour through using jQuery to do all the heavy lifting in JavaScript.
Dan and Kathleen on Kids and Computing
6/12/2008
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Duration: 01:08:00

Dan Appleman and Kathleen Dollard have a lot to say about kids: computing, and programming. This is a great show for parents or anyone who works with kids.
Scott Hunter on Microsoft Dynamic Data
6/10/2008
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Duration: 01:03:00

Carl and Richard talk with Scott Hunter on Microsoft's Dynamic Data Runtime, which provides scaffolding and dynamic data services to developers.
Scott Stanfield on Deep Zoom and PhotoSynth!
6/5/2008
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Duration: 01:13:00

Scott Stanfield talks about Deep Zoom, PhotoSynth, his Mix keynote, and all the cool toys he gets to play with.
John Lam Updates Us on IronRuby!
6/3/2008
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Duration: 01:08:00

John Lam talks about his work with the DLR and Iron Ruby at Microsoft.
Future of .NET Panel at DevTeach Toronto
5/29/2008
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Duration: 01:26:00

Carl and Richard host a panel comprised of Oren Eine, Ted Neward, and Scott Belware at the DevTeach conference in Toronto. What started out as a discussion about the future turned into a discussion about Microsoft's development tools.
Dmitri Ossipov on Enterprise Service Bus
5/27/2008
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Duration: 01:09:00

Carl and Richard talk to Dmitri Ossipov from Microsoft about ESB architecture and specifically Biztalk.
Building Communities at Dallas TechFest
5/22/2008
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Duration: 01:09:00

Carl and Richard talk with three community leaders in Dallas about building communities, and specifically how you can directly benefit from participating locally.
Jeffrey Richter on the Direction of Hardware
5/20/2008
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Duration: 01:06:00

Carl and Richard welcome back Jeffrey Richter to the show. Jeff is a consultant for Microsoft with a unique perspective on the evolution of Windows and PC hardware.
Dan Wahlin on Silverlight 2.0 and WPF
5/15/2008
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Duration: 01:05:00

Dan Wahlin chats with Carl and Richard in front of a live audience at DevConnections in Orlando about his experiences with Silverlight 2.0 and WPF.
64-Bit with Brian Peek
5/13/2008
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Duration: 01:04:00

Carl and Richard talk with Brian Peek about the latest and greatest in 64-bit.
Brad Abrams and Omar Khan Announce .NET 3.5 SP1 and VS2008 SP1
5/12/2008
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Duration: 01:12:00

Brad Abrams and Omar Khan from Microsoft officially announce .NET 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1, and detail all the new features and improvements!
Phil Haack on Model View Controller
5/6/2008
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Duration: 01:00:00

Phil Haack from Microsoft catches us up on his latest goings-on in The Collective, and talks about the ASP.NET MVC Framework.
Mark Miller on the Science of Good UI
5/1/2008
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Duration: 01:03:00

Good user interface design can be done by sticking to some good rules and avoiding common mistakes. You don't need to be a latte-sippin tattoo-wearin macbook-carrying designer to create user interfaces that work.
Jim Webber on Guerilla SOA!
4/29/2008
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Duration: 01:09:00

Carl and Richard talk SOA with Jim Webber, who has a lot to say on the subject.
Marc Mercuri Unveils RoboChamps!
4/24/2008
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Duration: 01:09:00

Marc Mercuri is back to announce a great new website and program for developers on Microsoft Robotics Studio, RoboChamps!
Jonathan Zuck on the Politics of OOXML
4/22/2008
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Duration: 01:01:00

Jonathan Zuck from ACT (Association for Competitive Technology) is back to talk about OOXML (Open Office XML), the EU vs. Microsoft, and other political issues that impact you as a software developer.
Developing for Second Life
4/17/2008
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Duration: 57:00

Carl and Richard talk to Chris Hart, Kyle G, and Zain Naboulsi about developing software for Second Life, and how the world of .NET intersects with the virtual world of SL.
It's the ALT.NET Show!
4/15/2008
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Duration: 58:00

Jeremy Miller and David Laribee discuss their work with ALT.NET, a "self-organizing, ad-hoc community of developers bound by a desire to improve ourselves, challenge assumptions, and help each other pursue excellence in the practice of software development."
Ted Neward on the New Language Renaissance
4/10/2008
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Duration: 01:12:00

Ted Neward is back to tell us his ideas around the recent downpour of language technology. He also answers a few questions left over from Carl's interview of his Java-developer brother, Jay Franklin, in show #326.
Stephen Toub on Concurrency - Live in NYC!
4/8/2008
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Duration: 48:00

Stephen Toub from Microsoft talks about new tools coming forth for dealing with concurrency and asynchronous programming. This was recorded live in front of an audience at the MS Financial Services Developer Conference in NYC last month.
Rocky Lhotka on CSLA.NET 3.5
4/3/2008
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Duration: 01:02:00

Rocky is back on .NET Rocks! to talk about the latest iteration of his CSLA.NET Application Framework, as well as to talk about some .NET technologies that are no longer as necessary as they once were.
Kevin McNeish on DSLs and Software Factories
4/1/2008
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Duration: 56:00

Carl and Richard talk to Kevin McNeish about Domain Specific Languages (DSL), Software Factories, and the like.
Joel Semeniuk on the State of Team System
3/27/2008
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Duration: 59:00

Joel Semeniuk stops by to talk about problem solving with Team System and Team Foundation Server, and to give us the skinny on the features of Team System 2008.
Jon Goodyear on Instant Messaging APIs
3/25/2008
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Duration: 01:13:00

Jonathan Goodyear tells us about his work with Instant Messaging protocols, and his soon to be released toolkit for .NET.
Jay Franklin is a Java Programmer!
3/20/2008
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Duration: 01:05:00

Brother Jay makes his debut on .NET Rocks! with stories of his experiences as a Java developer from the early days in VB class through MUMPS and landing finally in Java land. Also, be listening for a special musical performance at the end of the show.
Barry Dorrans revisits Security with OpenID and Cardspace
3/18/2008
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Duration: 01:02:00

Barry Dorrans has a good time with Carl and Richard talking about his history in the business and his passion for OpenID and Information Cards.
Emre Kiciman on AjaxView
3/13/2008
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Duration: 56:00

Carl and Richard talk to Emre Kiciman about AjaxView, a project from Microsoft Research to analyze the performance of web applications from the client side.
Issam Elbaytam and Scott Wileke
3/11/2008
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Duration: 58:00

Carl talks about Active Reports and other great new tools on the way from the boys at Datadynamics.
Stephen Forte on Remote/Distributed Teams
3/6/2008
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Duration: 01:07:00

Stephen Forte is back, this time talking about working with distributed teams. He shares his valuable experiences and insights.
Catching up with Tim Huckaby
3/4/2008
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Duration: 01:09:00

Tim is back to talk about things like Office development, the Microsoft/Yahoo story, and more.
John Bristowe on Advancing Your Career
2/28/2008
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Duration: 01:02:00

John Bristowe from Microsoft Canada talks about a new initiative from Microsoft to help .NET developers further their career.
Julie Lerman on the Entity Framework
2/26/2008
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Duration: 01:07:00

Julie Lerman calls in to tell us about her experiences with the Entity Framework.
Catching up with Dr. Neil Roodyn
2/21/2008
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Duration: 58:00

Carl and Richard talk to Dr. Neil about Mix, Live Services, WPF, Silverlight, Grava, and other cool technology he's been involved with.
Christian Weyer on the Internet Service Bus
2/19/2008
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Duration: 01:05:00

Carl and Richard talk with Christain Weyer about the features functionality of the new Microsoft Internet Service Bus.
Scott Guthrie on Mix and Matthew Manela on the MSDN Code Gallery
2/14/2008
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Duration: 01:13:00

Carl and Richard talk with Scott Guthrie about what to expect this year at Mix. Following that interview, the boys talk with Matthew Manela about the MSDN Code Gallery. Matthew also discusses his experiences starting at Microsoft as an intern and working his way up the food chain.
Brian Noyes: WPF Update
2/12/2008
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Duration: 01:09:00

Brian Noyes catches us up on the state of WPF, talking about the new Composite WPF project (codename Prism), followed by a discussion on the state of Workflow Foundation (WF).
Adam Nathan on Popfly and Silverlight
2/7/2008
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Duration: 01:01:00

Adam Nathan from Microsoft joins Carl and Richard to talk about his work on the CLR team, his numerous books, and his work on popfly.com, a popular mashup site which he wrote with Silverlight 1.0 and ASP.NET Ajax.
Miguel de Icaza and Geoff Norton on Mono
2/5/2008
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Duration: 01:03:00

Miguel is back to talk Mono with Geoff Norton. Many things have changed since we last talked to Miguel about the Mono project, an open-source port of the .NET Framework that runs on Windows, Linux, and the Mac. The focus is mostly about running .NET apps on the Mac.
Andy Leonard on Unit Testing your Database
1/31/2008
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Duration: 01:09:00

Carl and Richard chat with Andy Leonard about database testing.
Kirk Munro on Powershell and PowerGUI
1/29/2008
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Duration: 01:00:00

Kirk Munro stops by to talk about PowerGUI, a free tool from Quest Software for PowerShell, including a beautiful script editor!
Simon Peyton Jones on Haskell and Functional Programming
1/24/2008
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Duration: 01:14:00

Carl and Richard chat with Simon Peyton Jones about his work with Haskell and functional programming. Along the way you'll hear about his other projects at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, England.
Les Pinter Looks Back
1/22/2008
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Duration: 01:10:00

Meet the guy who sold Microsoft Word to Bill Gates! Stories abound in this lively conversation with Les Pinter.
Aaron Skonnard puts BizTalk and WCF Together
1/17/2008
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Duration: 01:10:00

Carl and Richard talk to Aaron Skonnard of Pluralsight about the WCF Adapter for Biztalk Server 2006 R2, among other related topics.
Sahil Malik Shares the Point
1/15/2008
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Duration: 01:11:00

Sahil Malik talks about the latest developments and challenges around Sharepoint 2007. Sahil always brings a fresh perspective to the table.
David Aiken on Bridging the Gap between Dev and IT
1/10/2008
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Duration: 01:10:00

Carl and Richard talk with David Aiken about how developers can work more productively with IT professionals.
Steven Lees on FeedSync
1/8/2008
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Duration: 01:04:00

Carl and Richard talk feed synchronization with Steven Lees from Microsoft about FeedSync, a Windows Live Dev service for synchronizing RSS and Atom feeds, and FeedSync feeds across the web.
Kathleen Dollard on the Evolution of Software Development
1/3/2008
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Duration: 01:11:00

Kathleen spends a little more than an hour talking with Richard and Carl about how software development has changed over the years, for better mostly. Still, change is difficult, and Kathleen provides some insight into how she approaches these changes.
Ken Levy on Visual Studio Extensibility (VSX)
1/1/2008
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Duration: 01:01:00

Carl and Richard talk VSX with Ken Levy who these days is all about community and showing developers how to extend Visual Studio.
Jeff Prosise Goes Deep on Silverlight
12/27/2007
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Duration: 01:10:00

Carl and Richard talk Silverlight with Jeff Prosise.
Joe Duffy on the Task Parallel Library
12/25/2007
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Duration: 01:09:00

Carl and Richard talk to Microsoft's Joe Duffy about the Task Parallel Library, which promises to make multi-threaded programming easier for us all.
Richard Campbell Tells All!
12/20/2007
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Duration: 01:16:00

It's our 300th show! Can you believe it? Carl interviews Richard, who tells many stories of his experiences in electronics and computers. Don't miss the funny stories!
Jeff Palermo on ASP.NET MVC
12/19/2007
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Duration: 01:05:00

Jeff Palermo introduces the nascent ASP.NET Model View Controler Framework. He easily explains the benefits, pitfalls, and techniques you can use to implement a MVC pattern in ASP.NET.
Gael Fraiteur on PostSharp
12/13/2007
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Duration: 01:05:00

Carl and Richard chat with Gael Fraiteur about PostSharp, an AOP framework and toolkit for .NET.
Tomas Petricek on PHP in ASP.NET and Silverlight!
12/11/2007
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Duration: 58:00

Carl and Richard talk to Tomas Petricek about Phalanger, a managed code PHP language compiler, as well as his thoughts on F# Web Tools, a toolkit which lets you write both client-side and server-side code at the same time, and the client gets converted to JavaScript.
Open Source Panel Discussion at DevTeach, Vancouver
12/6/2007
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Duration: 01:17:00

Carl and Richard host a panel discussion on open source software at the DevTeach developer conference in Vancouver, BC. Panelists: Rod Paddock, Shaun Walker, Rob Chartier, and Sara Ford.
Naveen Yajaman on Visual Studio Tools for Applications
12/4/2007
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Duration: 01:03:00

Naveen Yajaman
Colin Miller and the .NET Micro Framework!
11/29/2007
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Duration: 01:00:00

Geek out with Carl, Richard, and Colin Miller about the .NET Micro Framework for embedded systems.
F# Moves Forward
11/27/2007
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Duration: 01:07:00

Carl and Richard talk to Don Syme, the inventor of F#, along with F# PM Luke Hoban and MS Researcher Ralf Herbrich about the future of the F# language.
Dot Net Nuke Discussion Panel
11/23/2007
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Duration: 01:14:00

Carl and Richard interview members of the Dot Net Nuke corporation and their partners in front of a live audience at the Connections conference in Las Vegas November, 2007.
Kent Alstad at Dev Connections!
11/20/2007
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Duration: 01:19:00

Carl and Richard talk scalability with Kent Alstad live from Dev Connections in Las Vegas.
Tim Sneath and Ian Ellison-Taylor on Windows Past, Present and Future
11/15/2007
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Duration: 01:07:00

Carl and Richard talk to Windows veterans Tim Sneath and Ian Ellison-Taylor about the olden days of Windows, how it has evolved, and how it may look in the future from a developer perspective.
Pablo Castro on Astoria
11/13/2007
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Duration: 01:12:00

Pablo Castro from the SQL Server Product Group at Microsoft talks about his work with Astoria, an infrastructure for bringing web technologies and data sources together. Astoria uses the Entity Framework, which Pablo is also involved with.
Mark Dunn at TechEd Asia
11/7/2007
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Duration: 01:12:00

We sent Mark to sit down with and interview the minds behind TechEd Asia.
Sue Mosher On Outlook
11/6/2007
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Duration: 01:07:00

Sue Discusses her work in Outlook and Exchange issues as well as the coding of Outlook and the new features of Outlook 2007.
Nikhil Kothari on Facebook.NET and Everything Else!
11/1/2007
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Duration: 01:04:00

Nikhil Kothari talks about his eperiences working at Microsoft on all things web, including ASP.NET controls and Facebook.NET. Just read his bio to see where we took this conversation.
David Yack Talks Microsoft CRM!
10/30/2007
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Duration: 01:05:00

David Yack introduces us to Microsoft CRM and related products, giving us the developer story.
Catching up with Brad Abrams
10/25/2007
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Duration: 01:06:00

Carl and Richard talk to Brad Abrams about Silverlight +Next and WPF.
Alex Daley on Windows Live Labs
10/23/2007
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Duration: 01:12:00

Carl and Richard talk to Alex Daley about some of the projects he's working on at Windows Live Labs, a division of Microsoft Research that focuses on shipping new web technologies.
Rocky Lhotka and Anthony Handley on WPF
10/18/2007
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Duration: 01:11:00

Carl meets up with Rocky Lhotka and his associate, Anthony Handley, at ReMix in Boston to discuss the work they have done separating the roles of designer and developer using WPF.
Dino Esposito on AJAX Architecture
10/16/2007
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Duration: 01:10:00

Carl and Richard caught up with Dino Esposito at DevReach in Sofia, Bulgaria to talk about AJAX architecture.
WPF Panel Discussion
10/11/2007
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Duration: 01:13:00

Carl and Richard host a panel discussion on Windows Presentation Foundation at DevReach in Sofia Bulgaria. Panelists: Tim Huckaby, Brian Noyes, and Todd Anglin. Chad Hower made a cameo appearance as well.
Ken Getz on VSTO and Other Stuff (tm)
10/9/2007
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Duration: 01:16:00

Ken Getz checked in to talk about the latest in VSTO, and then the converstaion turned geeky.
Eli Lopian Discusses TypeMock.NET
10/4/2007
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Duration: 59:00

Carl and Richard talk to Eli Lopian about how mocking the right way can produce isolation in your test environment, allowing for more effective unit testing.
Venkat Subramanium on the Inevitibility of Dynamic Languages
10/2/2007
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Duration: 01:03:00

Venkat shares his passionate reasoning as to why dynamic languages (with good unit tests) are the way of the future.
Mike Griffin on EntitySpaces
9/27/2007
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Duration: 01:07:00

Mike Griffin, creator of MyGeneration and EntitySpaces, talks with Carl and Richard about EntitySpaces, a persistence layer and business object system for the Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework, as well as his experiences with LINQ and other technologies.
Jack Herrington on Browser Coding
9/25/2007
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Duration: 01:10:00

Jack Herrington talks browser coding: everything from JavaScript to Flash to Silverlight, if it's done in the browser Jack does it. He brings his experiences from Macromedia to the discussion, but make no mistake. Jack loves .NET!
Charlie Calvert and Beth Massi on VB.NET, Orcas, and the FoxPro Knitting Guild
9/20/2007
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Duration: 01:11:00

Charlie Calvert and Beth Massi spend their 60 minutes of fame talking about what they love about Orcas, how VB.NET is cool again, and what on earth are all those FoxPro people going to do with their free time.
Mike Azocar and John Cook on Testing with Virtual Machines
9/18/2007
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Duration: 01:08:00

Mike Azocar and John Cook talk to Carl and Richard about using Virtualization for software testing. Of particular interest is the new features of the next version of Virtual PC. Carl also brings up the VPC vs VMWare issue. You have to listen to find out more!
Scott Cate on the MVP Pattern
9/13/2007
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Duration: 01:10:00

Scott Cate talks about using the Model View Presenter pattern in ASP.NET, as well as his latest software creations and ventures.
Don Demsak on LINQ to XML
9/11/2007
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Duration: 01:06:00

Don Demsak (DonXML) discusses LINQ to XML and the new XML language features in Visual Basic.
Erik Meijer on LINQ!!
9/6/2007
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Duration: 01:06:00

Erik Meijer (a.k.a. the Head in the Box) talks to Carl and Richard in detail about LINQ from soup to nuts. This is a very technical discussion, and not an overview.
Larry O'Brien Talks Concurrency!
9/4/2007
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Duration: 01:08:00

Larry O'Brien talks with Richard and Carl about how up and coming CPU architecture is going to invalidate current methods of concurrency programming, and what we can do about it.
Vishwas Lele on MOSS as an Application Platform
8/30/2007
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Duration: 01:06:00

Vishwas Lele talks about thinking of Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server as an application platform for .NET development. With all of the power and flexibility of MOSS, it can no longer be categorized simply as a web portal.
Michael Dunn on Speech Server and OCS
8/28/2007
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Duration: 01:07:00

Michael Dunn tells Carl and Richard about Office Communication Server (OCS) 2007 which has incorporated Live Communication Server with Speech Server. Speech Server is one of the key development elements of OCS, providing the ability for .NET developers to build applications that can both speak and understand speech with minimal coding.
Jon Harrop Makes Us F#
8/23/2007
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Duration: 01:04:00

Jon Harrop introduces Carl and Richard to F#, a functional language that runs under the CLR. F# performs like C#, but being a functional language, has interactive scripting (similar to Python) but is rooted in the strong type inference and safety that other functional languages like ML focus on. Being in the CLR means you can build certain parts of your application in F# and then reference them from other languages, the same way VB.NET and C# interoperate.
Remi Caron Develops with Off-the-Shelf Software
8/21/2007
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Duration: 01:15:00

Remi Caron, one of the organizers of the SDC conference in the Netherlands, tells Richard and Carl how using standard toolsets and software packages helps him stay focused on his customers' software problems and deliver more powerful solutions faster.
Donald Farmer on Data Mining
8/16/2007
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Duration: 01:01:00

Donald Farmer talks about data mining with SQL Server and related technologies, including a fascinating discussion about using algorithms for predicting future trends.
Udi Dahan talks SOA Sense
8/14/2007
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Duration: 01:02:00

Udi Dahan calls in from Israel to talk common sense about SOA. His pragmatic approach to the topic is refreshing and timely.
David Hayden on the Enterprise Library
8/9/2007
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Duration: 01:06:00

Carl and Richard talk to David Hayden about the new features of the Microsoft Enterprise Library 3
Phil Haack on Subtext and Open Source
8/7/2007
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Duration: 01:12:00

Carl and Richard talk to Phil Haack about his work with Subtext (a derivative of the .Text blog software package) and his work on various open source projects.
Sandcastle!
8/2/2007
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Duration: 01:07:00

Carl and Richard talk to Anand Raman and David Wright about Sandcastle, an internal tool for generating code documentation that is now available to the general public.
Dan Ciruli's Grid Computing Redux
7/31/2007
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Duration: 01:08:00

Dan Ciruli of Digipede Technologies is back to bring us up to date with Digipede Networks, a .NET toolset for enabling grid computing.
Shawn Wildermuth on Silverlight
7/26/2007
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Duration: 01:08:00

Shawn Wildermuth talks to Richard and Carl about Silverlight from the .NET developer's persepective.
Xiine with Markus Egger
7/24/2007
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Duration: 01:06:00

Carl and Richard discuss with Marcus his new product Xiine, a next gen digital reading platform, DRM and the current state of publishing.
Nick Landry on Robotics Studio
7/19/2007
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Duration: 01:03:00

Nick Landry from Infusion calls in to discuss his experiences with (and knowledge of) the somewhat new Microsoft Robotics Studio.
Catching up with Miguel de Icaza
7/17/2007
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Duration: 01:11:00

Miguel de Icaza is back to tell us what's new with the Mono project, an open source implementation of the .NET Framework based on FreeBSD with support for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
John Lam on the DLR
7/12/2007
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Duration: 01:09:00

John Lam talks to Carl and Richard about his trek from Canada to Redmond, and his work on dynamic languages, including Ruby CLR, and the Microsoft DLR (Dynamic Language Runtime), which we may find in some future version of the .NET Framework.
CSLA with Rockford Lhotka
7/10/2007
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Duration: 01:07:00

Rocky talks about CSLA 3.0, the relationship with WPF and Silverlight, "paranoid" code, pblishing and his experience with ebooks.
The Identity Panel at TechEd 2007
7/5/2007
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Duration: 01:17:00

In the last of the content from TechEd 2007 Carl and Richard host a panel on Identity issues with Ani Babaian, Michele Leroux Bustamante, Scott Golightly, and Richard Turner.
Rogers Sessions Explains Enterprise Architectures!
7/3/2007
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Duration: 01:08:00

Roger Sessions talks to Carl and Richard about enterprise architecture, with a focus on dealing with software complexity.
Team System Panel from TechEd 2007
6/28/2007
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Duration: 01:05:00

Another great panel discussion from TechEd 2007! Carl and Richard talk to a panel of experts about various topics around VSTS and team development focusing on team challenges.
Box and Sells on the State of Publishing
6/25/2007
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Duration: 01:11:00

Don Box and Chris Sells talk to Carl and Richard about a myriad of things including the state of publishing, especially books.
Introducing Acropolis
6/21/2007
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Duration: 44:00

Carl and Richard talk with members of the Microsoft Acropolis team at TechEd 2007. Acropolis is a software factory-ish toolset that allows business developers to develop quality line-of-business WPF applications with ease.
Mark Pollack on Spring.NET
6/19/2007
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Duration: 01:07:00

Mark Pollack is back to talk about the latest version of Spring.NET, a frawmeowrk for extending the capabilities of the .NET Framework modeled after the Java-based Spring framework.
ASP.NET Scalability Panel
6/14/2007
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Duration: 01:11:00

Recorded at the Virtual TechEd Stage, Carl and Richard welcome Stephen Forte, Kent Alstad, Rob Howard, and Steve Smith for a lively discussion around ASP.NET Scalability issues.
Christophe Wille on SharpDevelop
6/12/2007
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Duration: 01:06:00

Christophe Wille talks about SharpDevelop, an open-source free alternative to Visual Studio.
Scott Stanfield on the Importance of Aesthetics
6/7/2007
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Duration: 01:14:00

Scott Stanfield from Vertigo Software is back (see show #11) to talk about cultivating an aesthetic sense around software, media, and user experience.
Scripps Institute
6/4/2007
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Carl and Richard interview Peter Kuhn from the Scripps Institute about an application he designed to allow cancer researchers to visualize molecules and annotate them with real time collaboration. The application was written with beta versions of WPF, and champoined by Tim Huckaby's team at Interknowlogy and evangelized by Eileen Rumwell and Stephen Forte. This is an amazing success story.
Frans Bouma on LLBLGen
5/31/2007
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Carl and Richard talk with Frans Bouma, author of LLBLGen, a very popular ORM modeling and code generation tool for .NET
Nick Benton and Claudio Russo are Polyphonic C#!
5/28/2007
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Duration: 01:09:00

Carl and Richard talk with Nick Benton and Claudio Russo from Microsoft Research UK about Polyphonic C# (now part of C-Omega) which adds asynchronous concurrency abstractions to the language.
The ORM Smackdown!
5/24/2007
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Duration: 01:16:00

Ted Neward and Oren Eini agreed to discuss Object Relational Mapping practices at DevTeach in Montreal, Quebec May 16, 2007. This is a slightly longer show than usual, but we think you'll agree it was worth it.
Rob McGovern on Virtual Earth
5/22/2007
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Duration: 01:11:00

Rob McGovern from Infusion talks about the extremely cool Virtual Earth SDK: business cases, features, and how-to.
Eric Sink and Martin Woodward on CI and Source Control
5/17/2007
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Duration: 01:07:00

Eric Sink is back, this time with Martin Woodward to chat about Source Control systems and Continuous Integration.
Rustan Leino on Spec #
5/15/2007
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Duration: 01:04:00

Rustan Leino discusses with Carl and Richard the features and functionality of the Spec # programming language.
Eric Evans on Domain Driven Design
5/10/2007
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Duration: 01:09:00

Eric Evans offers his insights on good software development using Domain Driven Design techniques.
Barkol, Gallo, and Vavilalla on ASP.NET AJAX
5/8/2007
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Duration: 01:12:00

David Barkol, Alessandro Gallo, and Rama Krishna Vavilala talk about ASP.NET AJAX, and thier upcoming book ASP.NET AJAX in Action from Manning Publications.
Frank Savage on Programming the XBox 360
5/3/2007
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Duration: 01:13:00

Frank Savage from the XNA team discusses the coolness that is XNA Game Studio Express! He also waxes poetic about his days on the Strike Commander and Wing Commander 3 teams, as well as more recent endeavors. Awesome show!
Brad Abrams Announces Silverlight
5/1/2007
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Duration: 01:11:00

Brad Abrams from the .NET Framework team is here to announce Silverlight, painting a picture of the near future as a rich media web experience. Don't miss it!
Jeff Atwood on the Human Side of Software Development
4/26/2007
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Duration: 01:04:00

Jeff Atwood from codinghorror.com tells Carl and Richard what's on his mind, including his recommended reading list, and above all the human side of software development.
Fred Chong On SaaS (Software as a Service)
4/23/2007
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Duration: 01:14:00

Carl and Richard speak with Fred Chong about SaaS (Software as a Service) from the basic concepts to issues of appropriateness to products like HR and LitWare.
Catching up with Rob Howard
4/18/2007
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Duration: 01:02:00

Ex-ASP.NET Team Member turned businessman Rob Howard tells us what he's been up to with Community Server, CodeSmith Tools, and a few other projects. As always, Rob has some great stories.
Rick Brewster on Paint.NET
4/17/2007
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Duration: 01:02:00

Rick Brewster, the lead developer of Paint.NET, discusses the open-source paint program from the beginning to the present and into the future. It's a great story, and a great project!
Bret Updegraff Talks SQL Server Reporting Services
4/11/2007
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Duration: 01:00:00

Bret Updegraf shares his knowledge of SQL Reporting Services with Carl and Richard in this show. Bret is the author of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services in Action from Manning Publishing.
Dax Pandhi talks WPF and Expression
4/9/2007
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Duration: 01:05:00

Graphics guru and WPF wonk Dax Pandhi shares his thoughts on WPF, WPF/e, Expression suite in general, and Blend in particular. You'll hear the story of how Dax came to be the Pwop graphics guy as well as his contributions to the WPF community.
Daniel Simmons on ADO.NET Entity Framework
4/5/2007
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Duration: 01:08:00

Carl and Richard talk about the ADO.NET Entity Framework, a new ORM technology from Microsoft, with Daniel Simmons, a dev lead on ADO.NET at Microsoft.
Dan Appleman Talks About Discoverability!
4/2/2007
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Duration: 01:13:00

Carl and Richard catch up with Dan Appleman at Devconnections in Orlando. The big topic is the discoverability of pertinent information through search engines. His solution? You'll have to listen to find out.
Oren Eini -NHibernate and Rhino Mocks
3/29/2007
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Duration: 01:02:00

Oren Eini, creator of Rhino Mocks, reprises his DNR tv appearance with discussions on the effectiveness and power of NHibernate, coding advantages and the joys of authoring open source work.
Bill Wagner on C# and the Grateful Dead
3/27/2007
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Duration: 01:13:00

Bill Wagner is back to talk about C# with topics from his best-selling book, Effective C#. Bill is a multi-faceted developer, however, and the conversation turned to topics like community. Great stuff.
Michele Leroux Bustamante on WCF
3/22/2007
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Duration: 01:20:00

Michele checks in with Carl and Richard on the state of WCF. Not to be missed!
Kate Gregory on Managed C++, Vista Security, and more
3/20/2007
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Duration: 01:12:00

The always brilliant and delightful Kate Gregory talks with Carl and Richard about her passion, which is managed C++, as well as Vista, UAC and other things geekish.
Jack Greenfield on Software Factories
3/15/2007
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Duration: 01:14:00

Jack Greenfield talks about software factories, or software that builds software. The conceptual and practical aspects of the future of software development, and implications for developers are discussed.
Shaun Walker on DotNetNuke 4.x
3/13/2007
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Duration: 01:03:00

Shaun Walker is back to talk about advances in DotNetNuke, his incredible open-source ASP.NET framework. .NET Nuke has been an increasingly popular option for development of ASP.NET sites and applications ever since it arrived on the scene in the early days of .NET.
Dare Obasanjo on Windows Live Services and Other Cool Projects
3/8/2007
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Duration: 01:10:00

Dare Obasanjo talks to us about his work with Windows Live Server technologies, Windows Live Messenger, and RSS Bandit, his open source RSS aggregator.
Paul Randal on SQL Server 2005 Performance and Recovery
3/6/2007
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Duration: 01:10:00

Microsoftee Paul Randal drops by for an engaging talk about his contributions to the recoverability of SQL Server 2005, which are many (Can you say CHECKDB?). An old friend of ours, and a fairly new friend if Paul's, busts in on the conversation and makes a cameo appearance.
Eric Sink on Vista, Writing Books, SourceGear, and Wii Golf
2/27/2007
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Duration: 01:15:00

Eric Sink talks to us this week about a number of things currently on his mind including software methodologies, getting involved in the business side of software, upgrading to Vista, WPF/E, writing books for a living, and the evolution of his product, SourceGear.
Steve McConnell Makes Sure We're Code Complete
2/19/2007
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Duration: 01:34:00

Steve McConnell talks about his books, and his take on programming practices that transcend specific languages.
Billy Hollis on Application Complexity
2/13/2007
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Duration: 01:16:00

In this episode, Billy Hollis talks about the finer points of developing complex applications in the real world, the true costs and benefits of agile and other methodologies, and the things programmers and organizations can do to be effecient financially.
Jesse Liberty and Alex Horovitz on .NET 3.0
2/6/2007
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Duration: 01:25:00

Jesse Liberty and Alex Horovitz talk about their experiences researching and writing their book, Programming .NET 3.0 from O'Reilly, as well as their ideas on the future of programming.
Allan Hirt on High Availability
1/30/2007
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Duration: 01:15:00

Allan Hirt discusses the details of providing high availability with SQL Server 2005, and the things developers need to know in order to make their applications compatable. He discusses clustering, transaction log shipping, mirroring, and more.
Raymond Chen on Raymond Chen
1/23/2007
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Duration: 01:16:00

In this interview, Raymond Chen discusses... Raymond Chen! Raymond talks about his history at Microsoft dating back to the early days of the Windows32 API, up through the recent release of Windows Vista and whatever else is on his mind.
Scott Ambler on Agile
1/16/2007
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Duration: 01:08:00

Agile Methodology is a wide topic, and this discussion is quite unlike the others that we've had. Scott Ambler brings his experiences from his career at IBM and elsewhere to this lively discussion. Richard was particularly interested in his ideas on database refactoring.
Mark Dunn and Mark Berry on Biztalk 2006
1/9/2007
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Duration: 01:00:00

Mark Berry and Mark Dunn from DUNN Training join us this week to dig a little deeper into BizTalk Server 2006. In this gripping sequel to Mark's earlier BizTalk shows, we delved much deeper into the inner workings of BizTalk than we've ever gone before. These guys know their stuff and you can bet this show will be educational and even a wee bit entertaining.
Scott Guthrie Looks Ahead
1/2/2007
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Duration: 01:07:00

ASP.NET Co-creator Scott Guthrie talks about the present state and the future of ASP.NET, and also touches on WPFE, the Expression suite, and Windows Vista.
Live from the Canadian Vista Launch Events!
12/19/2006
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Duration: 52:00

Carl and Richard were the emcees at the Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa launch events in December, 2006. They were hired to generate excitement and give away swag! What a gig! Along the way they got to talk to some of the attendees and locals in the community. Great stuff! Featuring the following guests: Shane Miskin, Scott Howlett, Allan Vander-spek, Mohammad Akif, Robert Achmann, Jean-Luc David, and Tony Davidson
Ted Neward on Interoperability
12/12/2006
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Duration: 01:09:00

Ted Neward discusses the present state and future of interoperability. Java and .NET compatability are disucssed, Ted touches on a wide range of topics ranging from XML's shortcomings as a messenger format to proprietary systems in .NET 3.0.
Venkat Subramaniam and Andrew Hunt Talk Agile
12/5/2006
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Duration: 01:13:00

Carl and Richard talk with Venkat Subramaniam, who has had a string of successful dnrTV episodes, and Andrew Hunt about Agile dos and don'ts. Agile Methodology can be overwhelming, and these guys introduce a much-needed dose of reality.
TechEd Europe Interviews
11/28/2006
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Duration: 01:18:00

Carl and Richard interview speakers and special guests at Tech Ed: Developer in Barcelona, Spain.
Bill Wagner and Diane Marsh on Non-MS Technology
11/21/2006
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Duration: 01:07:00

The discussion this week is on what .NET developers can learn by working with non-MS technology. Our guests' experience with technology includes .NET as well as non-Microsoft development technology.
TechEd Europe Agile Panel
11/14/2006
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Duration: 01:12:00

Kate Gregory, Stephen Forte, and Roy Osherove join Richard Campbell and Carl Franklin on stage at TechEd Europe in Barcelona for this discussion about Agile methodologies.
Live from Tulsa Tech Fest 2006
11/8/2006
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Duration: 01:08:00

Carl and Richard interview a number of speakers and staff at the Tulsa TechFest 2006.
The 200th Episode Quiz Show!
10/31/2006
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Duration: 01:25:00

We cover a lot of entertaining ground on this landmark episode. Carl treats us to a live performance as well as a preview of a remake of a classic. We quiz the previous DNR co-hosts and give out a bunch of free swag! Also, Mark Miller acts a bit confused.
Josh Holmes on SQL Everywhere and More
10/24/2006
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Duration: 01:07:00

Josh talks with Carl and Richard about SQL Everywhere, Windows Vista, and the Visual Studio Class Designer, as well as his new role at Microsoft as a Breadth Architect Evangelist.
Live from Bulgaria!
10/16/2006
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Duration: 01:28:00

Carl and Richard were in Sofia, Bulgaria at the very first DevReach conference last week. A lively panel discussion is accented with short interviews with the locals.
Johnathan Zuck on IP law, Congress, and Patents
10/10/2006
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Duration: 01:15:00

In this episode of Dot Net Rocks, one of our earliest guests returns to talk about the power of (and problems with) the patent process, and the growing complexity of intellectual properly law in the Enited States, Europe, and the world.
Rob Conery on Subsonic
10/2/2006
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Duration: 58:00

Rob Conery talks about the appeal of Ruby on Rails and Subsonic, his ASP.NET productivity tool with Rails-like features.
Roy Osherove on Regular Expressions
9/26/2006
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Duration: 01:10:00

Roy Osherove opens our minds to the power of RegEx includign a succinct audio RegEx tutorial! When it comes to RegEx Roy is da man!
Huihong Luo on Obfuscation and Decompiling
9/18/2006
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Duration: 01:04:00

Dr. Huihong Luo discusses techniques of Obfuscation and decompiling used in his Salamander Suite of tools.
Joel Semeniuk Updates Us on Team System
9/12/2006
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Duration: 01:00:00

Joel Semeniuk is back with a report on the state of Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server.
Lunch with Forte!
9/5/2006
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Duration: 01:03:00

Carl goes to New York City to have Pizza and conversation with Stephen Forte. When it comes to what bugs him about this business, Steve pulls no punches. Hey! Fahgeddabahdit!
Jimmy Nilsson on Domain Driven Design
8/29/2006
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Duration: 01:06:00

In this episode, Jimmy Nillson gets into Domain Driven Design, and how it relates to Test Driven Development, extreme programming, and the future of programming techniques in general.
Robert Scoble: Life After Microsoft
8/22/2006
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Duration: 01:12:00

Carl and Richard catch up with Robert Scoble. He's got some choice words about Microsoft, blogging, podcasting, the future, and his new career.
Ted Pattison Shows us Sharepoint
8/14/2006
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Duration: 01:14:00

Ted Pattison brings us up to date on Sharepoint technologies including Sharepoint Services 3.0 and MOSS (Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server).
Showdown! Mary Jo Foley vs. Darryl Taft
8/8/2006
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Duration: 55:00

Noted journalists Mary Jo Foley and Darryl K Taft on loan from eWeek magazine are in the studio in a head to head discussion around topical issues concerning Microsoft. The gloves come off and they don't stop until there's carnage on the floor! OK, it's not that ugly, but you won't want to miss it.
Miguel Castro on Web Controls 2.0
8/1/2006
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Duration: 01:05:00

In this episode, Miguel Castro talks about what's new in Web Controls in .NET 2.0.
Introducing Information Center
7/25/2006
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Duration: 57:00

In this episode, Marc Mercuri goes into some great detail about a new RSS aggregator, Information Center, and the future of content aggregation.
Mark Miller on Discoverability
7/18/2006
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Duration: 01:03:00

In this unusual episode, Rory Blyth co-hosts, and interviews Mark Miller, who talks about discoverability, code rush, and a bunch of other stuff that may take teams of scientists years to decode!
Jon Rauschenberger on VB6/Windows Forms Interop
7/11/2006
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Duration: 01:06:00

Chicago Regional Director Jon Rauschenberger shares his secrets for converting VB6 applications to .NET using a toolkit that he helped the Microsoft VB team develop.
Interviews at Fenway Park TechEd 2006
7/4/2006
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Duration: 01:00:00

Carl walks around with his trusty portable and interviews people after the Teched 2006 conference in Boston. Many great topics are covered, both about the conference and about .NET in general.
Dan Ciruli on Grid Computing
6/26/2006
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Duration: 51:00

Dan Ciruli talks about the Digipede Network, a framework for grid computing with the .NET Framework on the Windows platform.
Cameron Skinner and Gert Drapers on DataDude
6/20/2006
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Duration: 48:00

DataDude is the code name for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System for Database Professionals, announced shortly before TechEd in June, 2006. Carl and Richard interviewed Cameron Skinner and Gert Drapers from the DataDude team on June 12th at TechEd, in this somewhat shorter-than-usual but very informative live .NET Rocks! episode.
Michael Stiefel gets us into the Windows Workflow
6/13/2006
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Duration: 01:04:00

Michael Stiefel talks to us about what the Windows Workflow Foundation is and why we want to use it.
Brian Randell Checks in on Virtualization
6/6/2006
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Duration: 01:08:00

Brian Randell talks about Virtual Machines today and tomorrow, and boasts a bit about his new monster of a machine. The discussion also touches on the rift between Microsoft and Adobe over PDF support in Office 12.
Kimberly Tripp on SQL 2005 SP1 and more
5/29/2006
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Duration: 01:03:00

In this episode, the always mind-bending Kimberly Tripp talks to us about improvements in SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1, converting Oracle users to SQL server, and much more.
Live at SDC, The Netherlands!
5/23/2006
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Duration: 01:02:00

Carl and Richard were at the Software Developer Network Conference in Arnhem, The Netherlands last week. They took the portable rig and captured some memorable momemnts with attendees, speakers, and staff. You'll recognize most of the speakers as previous guests on the show.
Michele Leroux Bustamante Gets Hard on Indigo
5/16/2006
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Duration: 01:11:00

Carl and Richad talk to MLB about the state of Windows Communication Foundation (code name: Indigo). If you are designing a webservices-based (or distributed) system now, you should be using WCF. Michele also talks about SOA reality, and of course ends the show with a signature joke.
Ted Neward on Project Automation
5/9/2006
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Duration: 01:10:00

Ted Neward makes a rallying call for developers to do everything they can to automate software development, from Continuous Integration to automatic testing and feedback.
Kent Alstad on ATLAS
5/2/2006
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Duration: 57:00

Kent Alstad gives you the low-down on ATLAS, Microsoft's nascent framework for developing AJAX-enabled ASP.NET applications. This show also marks the announcement of a new web appliance product that will no-doubt revolutionize the way websites deal with scalability and state.
Kim Cameron on Digital Identity
4/25/2006
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Duration: 01:05:00

Carl and Richard talk with Kim Cameron about Identity and the challenges of tomorrow's authentication systems.
Bob Beauchemin on SQL Server 2005
4/18/2006
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Duration: 01:13:00

Bob Beauchemin talks about the new features in SQL Server 2005, and it's a lot more than just the .NET Framework! Bob gets into some great details on the dos and don'ts of framework inside SQL Server, talks about the relative strengths and weaknesses of T-SQL, and addresses various issues and new features.
Kathleen Dollard LIVE at Dev Connections Orlando 2006
4/11/2006
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Duration: 01:01:00

Kathleen Dollard, live at Dev Connections Orlando, 2006! A great talk about the future of code generation and more.
Avalon, AJAX, Vista, and more with Tim Huckaby
4/4/2006
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Duration: 01:02:00

Tim Huckaby talks about developing for Avalon, AJAX, and Vista in general.
CSLA.NET 2.0 with Rocky Lhotka
3/28/2006
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Duration: 01:08:00

Rocky Lhotka discusses his CSLA.NET application framework version 2.0. New features, changes, and migration tips.
Test Driven Development with Jean Paul Boodhoo
3/21/2006
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Duration: 01:10:00

Get some deep insight into the tools and the techniques that make Test Driven Development an important new tool for developers.
Security Update with Patrick Hynds
3/14/2006
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Duration: 01:12:00

Pat Hynds checks in with us to talk ASP.NET security sharing his latest insights and telling stories from the field. As always, Pat brings his post-GI point of view to the conversation, which is always enjoyable.
Joe Duffy on Concurrency
3/6/2006
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Duration: 01:12:00

Carl and Richard have an engaging conversation with Joe Duffy from the CLR team on dealing with concurrency in multi-threaded applications. Buy his books! This is great stuff!
Nick Landry on the State of Mobile Development
2/28/2006
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Duration: 01:07:00

Our old friend Nickolas Landry talks about the latest developments in mobile technology, both hardware and software, including Windows Mobile 5.0 and the Compact Framework 2.0
Brian Noyes on Data Binding in .NET 2.0
2/21/2006
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Duration: 01:08:00

Brian Noyes talks us through data binding in .NET 2.0 from the gee-whiz draggy droppy stuff to multi-tier enterprise applications.
LINQin with Barry Gervin
2/14/2006
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Duration: 01:09:00

Regional Director Barry Gervin introduces LINQ, a nascent set of language extentions providing query services for list-based objects.
Steven Forte on outsourcing and globalization
2/7/2006
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Duration: 01:12:00

Steven Forte shares his experiences with outsourcing and the different countries involved in software outsourcing. Of course, his stories are second to none.
Mark Dunn takes us down the InfoPath
1/31/2006
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Duration: 01:14:00

Mark Dunn joins Carl and Richard in the studio for another look at Infopath, framed for .NET developers. Mark, as you may remember, is the first co-host of .NET Rocks! and a good friend of the show.
Cogan Rules
1/23/2006
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Duration: 01:13:00

Australian Regional Director Adam Cogan is known for his rules. In fact, if you work for his software company you can expect to get up every morning at 6AM for exercises. You'll also have to digest hundreds and hundreds of best practices and rules that he has compiled from his many years in the software business. In this show we point you to the rules, and even discuss a few of them. Not to be missed.
Shawn Wildermuth on Decomposing ADO.NET
1/15/2006
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Duration: 01:11:00

This week Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell interview Shawn Wildermuth about his experiences in the trenches with ADO.NET. He's down on datasources as a one-size-fits-all solution to data access. He talks about his upcoming book in which he attempts to organize projects into archetypes, and helps the reader determine which archetype thier project is closest to, so he can give his recommendations.
Chris Sells on Model-Driven Development
1/8/2006
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Duration: 01:17:00

Chris Sells rings in the new year by telling us about his current passion, Model-Driven Development (MDD) and associated concepts. Oh yeah, we also talk about big honkin' plasma TVs. Chris asks "what should I get?" Richard sets him straight.
David Smith on BitTorrent and IPv6
12/19/2005
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Duration: 56:00

David Smith talks to Richard and Carl about btSharp, his .NET implementation of the BitTorrent protocol written in C#. He also gives a great introduction to BitTorrent and how it works, and offers some insight on how IPv6 will make our lives easier.
Andrew Brust on Business Intelligence and OLAP
12/12/2005
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Duration: 01:22:00

Andrew Brust talks to us about OLAP and BI, specifically about the new features of SQL Server 2005.
Deborah Kurata on Object Binding and More
12/5/2005
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Duration: 01:17:00

Deborah Kurata; star of stage, screen, and print; gives us the good, the bad, and the ugly about object binding, and covers other topics such as typed datasets, migration issues, and code generation. This is our first normal show since we've been back from our travels, and we have a few things to talk about ourselves.
From VBUG Across The Pond
11/28/2005
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Duration: 01:07:00

Only a week after returning from a 30-day trip through the interior of the American heartland, we found ourselves in Merry Old England speaking at and attending the VBUG Winter Conference. Carl moderated a Code-Off in which four developers each created a user interface for a system of web services, each using a different technology. They then showed off those applications in a very small window of time. Immediately following this, we interviewed them in front of the audience. We also spoke one-on-one to Graham Parker, one of the code-off developers, about VBUG and the UK .NET community. Note: The sound is a bit off during this show because we didn't have control over the audio. :-)
Mark Miller Wraps it Up
11/21/2005
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Duration: 01:07:00

Before we went on the road we spoke to Mark Miller about component-oriented architecture and other related topics. We wanted to finish what we started with Mark, and move on to Graphics programming, especially in the DXCore, a free component toolkit from Developer Express that CodeRush and Refactor use extensively.
Road Trip San Francisco: The Launch!
11/15/2005
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Duration: 39:00

Well we finally got to San Francisco to the very first Visual Studio 2005 launch event. We walked around and found some old friends to talk to.
Road Trip Los Angeles
11/9/2005
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Duration: 49:00

The road trip is finishing up! This is the last show before the launch.
Road Trip San Diego
11/8/2005
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Duration: 58:00

San Diego is home to a handful of thriving .NET developer communities. We ran into some old friends there, and got some great stories.
Road Trip Phoenix
11/4/2005
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Duration: 49:00

We met up with Regional Director J. Michael Palermo and a cast of other characters in Phoenix, Arizona. It's hot, but .... well... you know.
Road Trip Austin
11/2/2005
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Duration: 58:00

We spent the weekend in Austin, Texas. Although it was a small crowd at the University, we got to speak to 8 developers including Jeff Palermo, Scott Bellware, and Mark Miller.
Road Trip Houston
10/31/2005
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Duration: 43:00

There was a big crowd at the Houston event. We had a great time talking to the locals after the show. Markus Egger showed up and managed to sit behind the microphone for a few minutes too.
Road Trip Dallas
10/28/2005
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Duration: 01:02:00

Dallas was great. For the second time in a row we didn't have to eat Pizza for dinner. One of the attendees told me (Carl) after the show that I had "no fear" to be able to get up in front of people and sing Clementine like... well... you know.
Road Trip Memphis
10/27/2005
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Duration: 42:00

In round 11 of the Road Trip, we got to have some real Memphis barbeque AND hang out with the one and only Jon Box. Does it get any better than this???
Road Trip Nashville
10/26/2005
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Duration: 37:00

Nashville was a fun town. Never seen a crowd of geeks sing Clementine to Beethoven's 9th before. It was awesome.
Road Trip Atlanta
10/25/2005
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Duration: 01:35:00

Our longest road trip show yet! Mark Dunn, Rory Blyth, and a host of locals contribute to the show.
Road Trip Raleigh
10/24/2005
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Duration: 01:02:00

(Problem with incomplete files fixed) This is a great episode of DNR, recorded at the road trip tour in Raleigh, North Carolina!
Road Trip Washington DC
10/20/2005
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Duration: 51:00

Our stop in Washington DC was great. We got to meet some old friends, fans new and old, and speak at the coveted Microsoft Technology Center in Reston, VA; which is as cool as - or cooler than - the Boston and New York locations.
Road Trip Baltimore
10/19/2005
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Duration: 51:00

At the Baltimore event we got to talk to a wide variety of developers using .NET.
Road Trip Philly
10/18/2005
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Duration: 31:00

We were in Philadelphia, PA on Monday night, October 17th, speaking to a group organized by the Philly .NET User Group.
Road Trip New Jersey
10/16/2005
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Duration: 52:00

The Road Trip event in Edison New Jersey brought out DonXML, Miguel Castro, ScottW, and lots of other great speakers and members of the .NET community in the Edison, NJ area.
Road Trip New York
10/15/2005
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Duration: 34:00

The New York City .NET Users Group hosted the Road Trip event at Microsoft in midtown Manhattan, and what a great time we had!
Road Trip Hartford
10/14/2005
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Duration: 42:00

Now we're in full swing! We had a great event in Farmington, CT at the Connecticut .NET User Group, and got to talk to a handful of innovative members of the .NET community. I hope that all the road trip shows are this good!
Road Trip Boston
10/13/2005
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Duration: 06:00

It's not much, but it's our first podcast from the .NET Rocks! Visual Studio 2005 Road Trip event in Waltham, Massachusetts on the outskirts of Boston. We'll be trying to post a show every day of the month-long Road Trip.
Mark Miller on Problem Solving
10/10/2005
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Duration: 01:15:00

Mark Miller gets down and dirty with real tactics for solving problems and maximizing your efficiency as an architect and developer. Not to be missed.
Miguel Castro on Web Controls
10/4/2005
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Duration: 01:16:00

Carl and Richard run into Miguel Castro at a hotel bar at the MVP Summit 2005 in Bellevue, WA. This is the first real show we've done on Web Controls, and it has been a long time coming. There is so much technical information in this show you'll have to listen several times at possibly a slower speed.
Amanda Silver, Paul Vick, and Erik Meijer
9/26/2005
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Duration: 01:25:00

Carl and Richard interview three members of the Visual Basic team at PDC 2005. The conversation turns from favorite features of VB 2005 to LINQ to XML in VB.2005 to Orcas, best and worst moments on the VB team. We are also treated to a short after-dinner converation with Ted Pattison, George Bullock, Joe Hummel, and David Chappell.
Talking Tech with David Treadwell
9/18/2005
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Duration: 01:10:00

In this episode, Carl and Richard get an hour with David Treadwell, VP of the .NET Framework Developer Division. David talks about his career at Microsoft from being the intern developer on Windows NT to his current role on the .NET Framework team, and offers his thoughts on the future of Windows and managed code.
Jackie Goldstein Part 2 - ADO.NET
9/10/2005
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Duration: 01:24:00

Jackie Goldstein returns to talk about the ADO.NET, the data tools in Visual Studio .NET 2005, SQL 2005 Express and the starter kits he's been authoring for it.
Joel Semeniuk dives into Team System
9/5/2005
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Duration: 01:23:00

Joel Semeniuk gets us deeper into Visual Studio Team System by taking us step-by-step through the process of how it is used in the real world. Each designer is discussed in as much detail as an hour affords. For introductory information about VSTS, see show #117.
Michael Palermo Talks Code Snippets
8/27/2005
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Duration: 57:00

Regional Director J. Michael Palermo discusses his current passion, Code Snippets in VS 2005. You'll discover how this new feature compares to tools you may have already used, and you'll probably pick up a few productivity pointers along the way. Good stuff!
Joel Pobar and Brad Abrams on the CLR
8/22/2005
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Duration: 01:25:00

DNR goes back to its geek roots this week with a technical talk about the Common Language Runtime (CLR). Joel and Brad talk about what they would do differently knowing what they know now, how the CLR's memory managemnet strategy was formed, and their favorite features of CLR 2.0
Rocky Lhotka discusses CSLA.NET
8/15/2005
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Duration: 01:11:00

The listeners have asked for more technical content, and Rocky Lhotka delivers it! In this episode, Rocky talks about CSLA.NET and the changes for VS2005. He drills down into the details of some aspects of CSLA, and talks about his opinions on Service Oriented Architechture and Objects, and plenty more.
Jeffrey Palermo on ASP.NET
8/8/2005
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Duration: 01:14:00

Jeffrey talks about his experiences listening to .NET Rocks! while on duty with the Army Reserve in Iraq, and shares his ideas about architecture, ASP.NET, XHTML, CSS, and other things.
Richard Costall and Andy Brown
7/31/2005
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Duration: 01:07:00

Richard Costall and Andy Brown talk about two large scale production applications, one Smart Client and one ASP.NET app based on the beta 2 release of VS 2005 and the Framework 2.0. Hear about how they have dealt with compatability in a heterogenous client envyronment, some praise for the Microsoft Ascend program, how they utilize Web Services and ADO.NET, and more!
Chris Kinsman on data warehousing and other topics
7/24/2005
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Duration: 01:11:00

Chris Kinsman drops in to talk about some of the projects he's been working on lately. Topics include data warehousing, SQL Integration Services, the recently released Patterns and Practices Enterprise Library, and a Compact Framework project to interface with slot machines! Cool stuff, indeed.
Russ Nemhauser Talks Mobility + More
7/18/2005
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Duration: 01:11:00

Russ Nemhauser talks to Carl and Richard about mobility via the Smart Phone platforms, including some model specifics, shortcomings, and differences versus the Pocket PC platform. Russ, Carl and Richard also touch on the issues with VB6 developers moving to VB.NET, and how VS 2005 could make the transition easier. They also get into some great detail about stress testing and tracking down sluggish code in Visual Studio Team System.
Kathleen Dollard Talks Generic
7/11/2005
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Duration: 01:05:00

In this episode, Kathleen Dollard is visiting Carl in the studio, and they get a great dynamic going while they talk about the finer points of generics and all the geeky stuff we're getting ready to sink our teeth into in the 2005 release.
Carl and Richard talk with Sanjay
7/4/2005
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Duration: 01:09:00

A talk with Sanjay Parthasarathy, Microsoft corporate vice president of Developer and Platform Evangelism. There are so many great nuggets in this episode.. just listen to it! We discover Sanjay is a toy boy like us. You'll hear about life at Microsoft before their current brand of evangelism took root. Also, the challenges of running a division of Microsoft that is not profit-driven.
Rob Howard on ASP.NET
6/26/2005
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Duration: 01:11:00

Rob Howard- star of stage, screen, and ASP.NET- drops in to talk to Carl and Richard about ASP.NET past, present, and future. Rob shares his insights as well as a few stories from his days on the ASP.NET team at Microsoft. He also talked about his current gig with Telligent Systems, and what excites him the most about ASP.NET 2.0
PDC Preview
6/20/2005
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Duration: 01:20:00

On this show, some of the PDC planners talk about what you can expect to see!
Team System - Live at Tech Ed!
6/13/2005
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Duration: 01:00:00

Carl and Richard come at you live from Tech Ed Orlando, interviewing the Team System team. Find out what will (and won't) be included in 1.0, and get an idea what you can expect in the next version.
Michele Leroux Bustamante talks WSE, Indigo, and Security
6/6/2005
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Duration: 01:08:00

In this great episode of Dot Net Rocks, Michele returns once again to discuss WSE, Indigo, and Security. In particular, she discusses the challenges around keeping keys and tokens secure.
Jackie Goldstein Part 1
5/29/2005
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Duration: 01:24:00

Jackie Goldstein talks about Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET in this excellent discussion. We had a great time talking to Jackie Goldstein but we were only able to cover half the topics we wanted to. Look for part two later on in 2005.
Brian Randell on Microsoft Virtual PC
5/23/2005
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Duration: 01:05:00

We thought we were going to cover a lot of topics in this episode of Dot Net Rocks, but we managed to go over an hour without straying from Virtual PC at all. This is a must-listen show for anyone who isn't already an expert in Virtual PC or Virtual Server. Brain Randell explains the advantages and disadvantages, warns you of some potential pitfalls, and shows you how you can boost performance!
Scott Guthrie with more on ASP.NET 2.0
5/15/2005
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Duration: 01:18:00

He's Back! The man responsible for the IIS team, the ASP. NET team, and the visual Studio Web Tools team gives us an update on ASP.NET 2.0, IIS 7.0, and even a hint at Orcas, the next .NET rev after Whidbey
Dot Net Nuke 3.0!
5/9/2005
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Duration: 01:15:00

We return to Dot Net Nuke, with Jim Duffy and Shaun Walker, who talk about the amazing pluggability and skinability of Dot Net Nuke. We discuss the changes between 2.0 and 3.0, the philosophy of Open Source development, and even get a glimpse at what we might see in the future of Dot Net Nuke.
Mood Indigo
5/2/2005
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Duration: 01:11:00

Carl talks with Richard Turner and Anand Rajagapolan, Program Managers on the Indigo team to really dig into the Indigo experience. This is a great show!
Kimberly Tripp on SQL 2005
4/25/2005
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Duration: 01:39:00

Kim Tripp is back and more intense than ever. After talking about her famous USB Key demonstration of SQL 2005 partitioning, she gets into details of SQL 2005 that would make even the SQL team go "hey, that's cool!" This is one of those shows that you'll have to listen to several times to completely grasp. We know we will!
Matt Mannion Goes to the Races!
4/17/2005
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Duration: 59:00

Matt Mannion from Clarity Consulting talks about the application his company developed with and for the Indy Racing League in Indianappolis, IN. Using Visual Studio .NET 2003 and VB.NET they were able to develop a great application for managing real-time racing data and reporting. Fascinating story.
Live from the Microsoft Platform Adoption Center
4/11/2005
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Duration: 01:17:00

Grant BlahaErath and Glenn Podany talk about the MS Platform Adoption Center: what it is and what it's used for. Sometimes called the Customer Lab, the PAC has generated some great case studies with major companies implementing Microsoft technologies. Great stories and geeking out on this show!
Scott Hanselman and Rory Blyth
4/4/2005
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Duration: 01:00:00

Scott Hanselman returns to DNR for the first time in several months. In this otherwise ASP.NET-centric show, Rory shows off his hands-free flush abilities and Scott rants about Cascading Style Sheets. A great show with more nutritional value than you might expect. Welcome back to the show, Rory!
Rocky Lhotka and Bill Vaughn Live at Dev Connections!
3/27/2005
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Duration: 01:11:00

Rhocky Lhotka and Bill Vaughn return in this *live* recording of Dot Net Rocks, from the March 2005 Dev Connections conferene in Orlando, FL
Ken Getz Does a Mind Meld
3/21/2005
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Duration: 01:06:00

Ken Getz comes back for round 2 with .NET Rocks! talking about new features of VB.NET 2005, SharePoint and WSS, wireless service, and toys!
Paul Sheriff on Architecture
3/14/2005
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Duration: 01:09:00

World-renowned author and trainer Paul Sheriff talks with Carl and Richard about all things architecture: what, why, when, where, and how. Even if you have no plans to move beyond the cowboy way of software development, this discussion will make you think.
Chris Anderson and the Longhorn Evangelism Team
3/7/2005
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Duration: 01:17:00

This is a great show on what's coming in Longhorn technology, namely Indigo, Avalon, and XAML, and compatibility. We get to the heart of what the term "Managed OS" really means. Jeff Sandquist tries to decide whether or not to shave his mustache. He's had it since he was 16.
NASA World Wind Development Team
2/28/2005
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Duration: 01:12:00

Chris Maxwell and Randy Kim from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration talk about their recent .NET project, World Wind, an educational and informational tool for viewing planet Earth (and other planets). The program was written in Visual Studio .NET with managed DirectX, and is open source. Geoff steps out from behind the sound board and ends up asking most of the really good questions.
Mark Miller on How to be a Better Programmer
2/21/2005
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Duration: 01:32:00

Mark Miller returns again, and is in the studio with Carl talking about his sordid past with Delphi, some development choices he's made, pair porgramming, and GDI+
We Have Arrived!
2/15/2005
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Duration: 01:53:00

We have arrived at our 100th show! Richard Campbell, Mark Dunn, Nick Landry, Geoff Maciolek, and Chris Sells join Carl in this look at shows past, present, and future. Lots of fun and you'll learn a few things too, as we always do.
Forte on SQL 2005
2/7/2005
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Duration: 01:27:00

New York Regional Director Stephen Forte talks with Carl and Rory about many cool things, including SQL Server 2005 (Yukon). He's got some good advice for how to get the most out of it. As well, the conversation turned to clustering and RAID strategies. This was a great talk with one of the Northeast's sharpest .NET minds, not to mention mountain climbers and extreme... well, let's just say he's extreme and leave it at that.
Mark Dunn on ADO.NET 2.0 and BizTalk 2004
1/31/2005
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Duration: 01:29:00

As the original co-host of .NET Rocks!, mark didn't say all that much. Well, look out! He's talking about his current passions, ADO.NET 2.0 and BizTalk 2004, and we can't shut him up! This is a great conversation with a true ADO.NET expert. Mark has a knack for explaining complex ideas in a very natural and easy manner. If you still don't get BizTalk, this is the show to listen to. Mark explains why BizTalk is great from a very practical perspective, and explains why he is on a crusade to get developers as excited about BizTalk as IT managers are.
Carl and Rory Catch Up
1/24/2005
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Duration: 01:00:00

Carl and Rory catch up after Rory's long haitus. Topics include Smartphone programming, responding to an article blasting OOP, and much more.
Talking with Robert Hurlbut
1/17/2005
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Duration: 01:05:00

Independent Software developer and Visual C# MVP Robert Hurlbut joins Carl in the studio this week for a discussion about security, least-privileged development, and the SQL 2005 Service Broker.
Talking Smart Clients with Rob Barker
12/27/2004
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Duration: 01:07:00

Rob Barker from microsoft engages Carl and Rory in a conversation about leveraging Infopath, the Information Bridge Framework, and Visual Studio Tools for Office 2003 to develop smart clients.
Hanging out with Bernard Wong
12/20/2004
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Duration: 01:17:00

Bernard Wong from MSDN talks with Carl and Rory this week. What's on his mind? For starters, the old and tired questions asked of him at developer conferences, what Bill and Steve really say at those high level meetings in Redmond, amrchair CEOs, and other observations. Bernard always has great stories to tell. This is the last show of 2004. We'll be back on January 10th, 2005! Until then, we hope everyone enjoys a little time off for the holidays!
Brian Larson on SQL Reporting Services
12/13/2004
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Duration: 01:08:00

Brian Larson talks to Carl and Rory, who is recovering from being sick and on the road, about SQL Reporting Services: architecture, cool features, innovative uses, performance tips, new features in SQL 2005 Reporting Services, and Business Intelligence opportunities in SQL 2005.
Windows Server Technology
12/6/2004
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Duration: 01:27:00

While Rory is living it up in Vegas Carl interviews seven Microsoft program managers and evanglists about the current state of Windows Server 2003 as well as what's on tap for future releases; 64-bit computing and why it's so cool; server security, and J2EE to .NET migration.
Billy Hollis digs into smart client architecture
11/29/2004
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Duration: 01:16:00

Billy Hollis went beyond the general smart client discussion we usually have and dug into architecure issues. What works? What doesn't work? Listen to Billy's stories from the field and learn from his experience. Awesome show.
Catching up with Julie Lerman
11/24/2004
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Duration: 01:08:00

Julie Lerman talks about her recent experiences with the Base Class Library 2.0, Tablet PC development and ADO.NET 2.0. She also talks about her professional life before software development, which may come as a bit of a shock. All-in-all it was a good conversation.
Mark Pollack, Ted Neward, and Don Box on Java, .NET, and the future
11/17/2004
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Duration: 01:33:00

Dare we say the future? This show was originally intended to be a discussion about Java and Spring.NET with Mark Pollack. Then Ted was invited, and he invited Don. The result is an almost two hour discussion of Java and .NET. This is definitely going to be a classic.
Kate Gregory on C+++, VB.NET, and VSTO
11/8/2004
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Duration: 01:12:00

Kate Gregory talks to Carl (in this retro interview-only show) about the new C++, why she prefers VB.NET over C#, Visual Studio Tools for Office, OOP, Sockets, and merry old England! This is the first of our attempt to make .NET Rocks! more geeky and less freaky! We hope you like it!
Jay Roxe Rocks!
11/1/2004
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Duration: 01:59:00

Microsoft Product Manager for Visual Basic.NET, Jay Roxe drops by to talk about his work on the .NET Framework including System.Object, System.String, and System.Text.StringBuilder. In the second half he talks about VB.NET 2005, about the decisions Microsoft made regarding features and ship dates, and about how he thinks VB.NET 2005 will go a long way toward making .NET accessible to the masses of business programmers worldwide.
Juval Löwy on .NET 2.0
10/25/2004
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Duration: 02:09:00

Juval Löwy joins Carl, Rory, and the gang this week for a romp through .NET 2.0 in all its glory. Juval talks about serialization now and in 2.0, the new System.Transaction namespace and how cool it really is, putting System.EnterpriseServices in perspective, some quick lip service to generics (although he discussed that in show #34), and a little criticism of the new Visual Studio 2005. Thom Robbins joins us in the second half to talk about his recent CodeCamp event, and the New England district. Richard is still climbing mountains, but Rory is on fire with Google Weirdos and Ask Rory. Kirk has some good websites as well. Warning: this show is rated at least PG-13.
The Whidbey Show
10/18/2004
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Duration: 01:59:00

We try to have representatives from Microsoft on the show every once in a while to talk about what's happening in Redmond. This week we had four program managers for the Evangelism team: Scott Burmester, Steve Cellini, Carter Maslan, and Jeff Sandquist. The topic? Whidbey! We get a check up on the progress of the next version of .NET. We talked at length about the up-and-coming Visual Studio 2005 Team System, and the efforts to reach application developers who don't necessarily spend time in the development community. We also ask each of them to tell us something about Whidbey that we probably don't already know. All in all it's a good show, even if Rory and Richard are on vacation.
Chris Sells Checks In
10/11/2004
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Duration: 01:58:00

.NET Rocks! regular guest (and guest host) Chris Sells joins Carl and the gang for a really fun discussion (after he comments on the mail and news) about Longhorn and WinFX, Longhorn features on XP, working on the MSDN Smart Client DevCenter, VS.NET 2005, learning about new technologies, learning by teaching, and Avalon. He answers some good technical questions from live listeners, and overall makes the two hours fly by. Of course you get the mail, news of the week, Weird Wide Webb, and Ask Rory. Richard is away this week so Carl gave away an iPod to a lucky listener!
Fritz Onion on ASP.NET
10/4/2004
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Duration: 02:04:00

Noted author and software engineer Fritz Onion is our guest this week on .NET Rocks! After lavishing praise on F.O. for what seemed an eternity, Carl and Rory get down to the HTTP Pipeline, the HTTPContext, User Controls, Web Controls, and what Fritz likes (and dislikes) about the current beta of ASP.NET 2.0. Among other accomplishments, Fritz is the author of the best-selling Essential ASP.NET published by Addison Wesley.
Richard Hale Shaw Speaks!
9/27/2004
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Duration: 02:11:00

Industry guru Richard Hale Shaw talks to the guys about what's on his mind. Namely, patterns, practices, anti-practices and anti-patterns, best practices, patterns in .NET, the future of C++ and managed code, VB6 as the ultimate anti-pattern, lack of OOP in ASP.NET 1.1, and looking forward to ASP.NET 2.0. We also listened to a bit of one of Richard's favorite tunes, What is Hip by Tower of Power. Mail, News, New music from Rory Blyth, Weird Wide Webb, and Richard the Toy Boy.
Joe Stagner on Hacking and Other Lost Arts
9/20/2004
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Duration: 02:01:00

Joe Stagner stopped by to talk about his recent experiences at BorCon, experiences with the Open Source community, Java, and Delphi. In the second half we talked about Rory joining the MSDN evangelism team, VB.NET 2005, the CLR 2.0, XP Service Pack 2 and website security. Joe did a session at TechEd 2004 called "How Hackers Hack" which was the number two highest-attended session! This was a great talk with a very talented developer turned evangelist who keeps it real every day. Also, Mail, News of the Week, Weird Wide Webb, Ask Rory, and Richard the Toy Boy.
Mark Miller on Tool Development
9/13/2004
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Duration: 01:47:00

Mark Miller talks about his experiences developing for Delphi, developing the motion control system for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stage show, and his masterpiece, CodeRush. Mark is a big advocate of good design. He talks about plug-in architecture, another area of strong expertise, making the case for using plug-ins in everyday software. He also talks about Programmer Ergonomics- keeping fit in a sedentary job, his ideas about the future of software development interfaces, and other interesting topics.
Dave Wecker - Toy Boy
9/6/2004
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Duration: 01:59:00

This weeks show is an interesting conversation with Dave Wecker, a brilliant (we think) architect in the Mobile Platforms Division who is constantly looking for the next thing in mobility, and how to make the mobile platforms better. The conversation spans from his experiences with speech recognition systems, the Tablet PC, microphone arrays, and neural networks to toys, home automation, books, and toys. Did we mention toys? Dave is a Toy Boy like us! It's people like Dave that make Microsoft the leader in software innovation.
Developing with Least Privilege - Don Kiely
8/30/2004
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Duration: 01:56:00

Well-known author, developer, and speaker Don Kiely tells us why it's important to develop software (and do everything else on your PC) running as a non-admin. He offers some advice on what the pitfalls and challenges are as well as the benefits. It's a new world, and the days of running as administrator are over.
Charles Petzold on Charles Petzold!
8/23/2004
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Duration: 01:57:00

Charles Petzold talks with Carl and Rory about his books including Programming Windows; Code; and his .NET books, his love of computer and math history, his exploits with early electronic music, and tells some stories from the old days (at the prodding of old friend, Richard Hale Shaw, who was listening to the live stream at the time). This is a great discussion with a great man. Charles has a way of making complex concepts easy to understand.
DotNetNuke! A conversation with Shaun Walker and Jim Duffy
8/15/2004
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Duration: 01:48:00

DotNetNuke is a free ASP.NET based content management system with a huge installbase and support community. Shaun Walker is it's creator, and Jim Duffy is probably its biggest evangelist. This is a great laid-back show in which you'll learn all about DotNetNuke. By the end of the show you'll be rushing off to download it!
Miguel de Icaza talks Mono!
8/8/2004
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Duration: 02:00:00

Noted developer Miguel de Icaza talks about the Mono project. Ever wanted to run your .NET applications on Linux or a Mac, check out this show!
Kimberly Tripp on SQL Server
8/1/2004
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Duration: 02:27:00

Kimberly Tripp offers critical insights into SQL Server 2000 addressing Indexing, optimizing procedural code, the nightmare of row-based operations, and more. This show is 2.5 hours long!
The CLR Today and Tomorrow with Jeff Richter
7/26/2004
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Duration: 01:54:00

Jeff Richter talks about the 1.1 Common Language Runtime (CLR) and gives a sneak peak at what's coming in the Orcas CLR. Also, News of the week and Rory's Top 10 reasons why C# is better than VB.NET ;-)
Clemens Vasters Rocks your World
7/19/2004
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Duration: 02:02:00

This week the one and only Clemens Vasters turns on the light about the future of distributed systems and SOA. If you didn't get it before now, you will after listening to this show.
Tim Huckaby on Smart Clients
7/12/2004
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Duration: 01:53:00

Tim Huckaby stops by to talk about his mission of preaching the SmartClient gospel. Tim is always full of fun, great stories, and common sense. Nickolas Landry surprises us by calling in and heckling Tim. Rory does the Google Weirdos and News of the Week, Carl scraps the Linux Vulnerability of the week (it was time) and Richard Campbell (the Toy Boy) reviews the nVidia GeForce 6800 (as well as a not-so-cool toy) and Carl gives one away to a lucky listener! All in all this was a great show!
The Speaker's Lounge
7/5/2004
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Duration: 01:47:00

This week's show is a roundtable discussion with Mark Dunn, Dan Appleman, Bill Vaughn, Kathleen Dollard, Don Kiely, Pat Hynds, Julia Lerman, and Scott Hanselman. See what happens when you get a bunch of geeks on the phone and turn em loose!
Richard Campbell Geeks Out
6/28/2004
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Duration: 01:51:00

Carl and Rory geek out with Richard Cambpell about everything but programming! Topics include water-cooled PCs, wireless gear, and flying cars. Yeah, it's not about .NET, but for crying out loud, live a little!
Benjamin Mitchell and John Bristowe on SOA and Web Services
6/21/2004
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Duration: 01:58:00

This week we had a very informative discussion about messaging with Benjamin Mitchell and John Bristowe. Benjamin and John cut through the WS-AlphabetSoup set of specifications, avoid frequent references to SOA and cover what the benefits of web services are, why you might want to use WSE (security, policy, addressing and support for TCP), how to use web services in your applications today and where Microsoft is heading with web services and Indigo in future. Michele Leroux Bustamante joined us unexpectedly in the second half, and she even told a great joke!
John Alexander and Barry Gervin on Unit Testing
6/14/2004
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Duration: 01:40:00

John and Barry talk with us about Test-Driven Development, Unit Testing, and other aspects of Extreme Programming that are being used today. We had given lip service to unit testing in past shows, but John and Barry were able to explain the benefits as well as the how-to of test-driven development
Rocky Lhotka (Again!)
6/7/2004
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Duration: 01:50:00

Rocky Lhotka talks about his new book, the CSLA framework, and makes the case for business objects in this world of DataSets and XML. He also talked a bit about WhiteHorse, Microsoft's new designers for SOA and classes shipping in the Whidbey timeframe. This was a great show, and we're always glad to talk to Rocky about all things .NET.
TechEd 2004
6/1/2004
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Duration: 02:07:00

In this, our first show after a much-needed vacation, we take you to TechEd 2004 in San Diego. We walked around on the show floor and talked to some of our former and future guests about TechEd, what's new, and what they're interested in.We recorded most of this show on video, and as such will be airing ".NET Rocks! The Movie" as soon as we possibly can. Until then, enjoy some of the more interesting sonic tidbits of the film.In the first half we spoke to Tim Huckaby, Keith Nicholson, Billy Hollis, Don Kiely, Stephen Forte, Don Box, and Jon Lam.In the second half, we spent about 40 minutes in an INETA Birds Of a Feather (BOF) Session that we recorded Sunday night, in which Bob Reselman showed up and got things juiced up. There is also a lot of obvious interest in the Visual Studio Team System, which was announced at TechEd. We spoke with Paul Sheriff, Brian Noyes, and Chris Kinsman about their impressions of the Team System, and then we caught up with some Microsft team members to talk about it.
Reflections on Connections
5/17/2004
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Duration: 01:56:00

What started out as a show about the DevConnections Developer Conference morphed into a round-table chat with Dan Appleman, Kathleen Dollard, Mark Dunn, Don Kiely, Robert Scoble, Chris Sells, and Bill Vaughn about developer conferences like DevConnections, writing books, speaking, and various other aspects of the industry. Of course, it was lots of fun too.
Kathleen Dollard on Code Generation
5/10/2004
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Duration: 01:51:00

Carl and Rory chat with noted author, developer, and MVP Kathleen Dollard about Code Generation, or writing code that writes code. Don Kiely also shows up to talk about working with Kathleen on her book Code Generation in .NET. Carl and Rory also check in with Sunny Day to talk about the price of gasoline in Maine.
DonXML Talks XML
5/3/2004
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Duration: 01:59:00

Rory somehow convinced DonXML to drive up to the .NET Rocks! Studios for our first Thursday-night live show.Don Demsak (a.k.a. DonXML) is all about XML and related technologies, and as such he told us Why XML? for the as-of-yet unbeliever. Other topics include what the community gets wrong with XML, what's wrong with typed datasets, Object Constraint Language (OCL), what's wrong with the XML DOM, declarative programming and XAML, and SVG.
Vic Gundotra, Steve Cellini, Lenn Pryor, and members of the MS Longhorn Evangelism team
4/26/2004
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Duration: 01:51:00

In the first hour Vic Gundotra and Steve Cellini from Microsoft talk about Longhorn and Evangelism at Microsoft. Evangelists are concerned with getting technical information to the developer community. During the break, Rory interviews the MSDN Channel 9 team about Channel 9After the break, Lenn Pryor and some of the Channel 9 team join Carl and Rory for more talk about Longhorn and Microsoft's efforts to get technical information to developers everywhere.
Keith Pleas and Harry Pierson on Architecture
4/19/2004
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Duration: 01:57:00

This show is all about architecture from Why to How. Keith and Harry bring the developer's and architect's perspective to the discussion, respectively. The discussion starts with the importance of good design and architecture, to techniques, tools, standards, and the like.
Bob Reselman - Coding Slave and the Meaning of Life
4/12/2004
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Duration: 02:00:00

This week's guest is Bob Reselman , author of Coding Slave, a book that claims the software industry doesn't want you to read it. We'll be talking about software, outsourcing, technology, and of course - the book.
Tony Bain on SQL
4/5/2004
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Duration: 01:49:00

Tony Bain talks with Rory and Chris Sells about the issues developers face when building SQL Server based applications. Topics include optimization strategies and tools, how DBAs can help, transaction and concurrency control, locking, isolation levels, good database design, and good strategies for accessing SQL from Visual Studio.NET
Markus Egger on OOP and Tablet PCs
3/29/2004
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Duration: 02:02:00

Markus Egger of CoDe Magazine and EPS Software fame joins Carl and Rory this week to talk about OOP, Windows Forms, Visual Inheritance, and Tablet PC development.
Box and Fox on .NET Rocks!
3/22/2004
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Duration: 01:56:00

Jon Box and Dan Fox are on the show this week talking about smart devices, the Compact Framework, and their book, "Building Solutions with the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework" Even if you are not currently developing for smart devices, this show is worth the listen. Jon and Dan talk about smart device past, present, and future, and offer real insights into and development strategies for development with the .NET Compact Framework. Topics include pInvoke, memory usage, UI design, storage, local file access, synchronization, asynchronous programming, and more.
Kevin McNeish on OOP Process
3/15/2004
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Duration: 01:35:00

Carl and Rory talk with Kevin about ObjectSpaces (a new business object management tool coming in the Whidbey timeframe), UML, Object Role Modeling (ORM), Visio, and his Mere Mortals Framework, an application framework for .NET developers based on best practices and patterns. This is a good show for anyone interested in using patterns and practices, maximizing development time, and tools the help you design and build business objects.
Carl Prothman on ADO.NET
3/8/2004
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Duration: 01:54:00

This week, Carl and Rory talk with noted ADO and ADO.NET guru Carl Prothman about ASP.NET, being an MVP, INETA, ADO.NET, ASP.NET Security and Visual Studio.NET. There were lots of callers during the show. This may be the best show we've ever done on ADO and ADO.NET issues. CP also talked about how to prevent the most common types of ASP.NET attacks. Regular segments: Fan mail, Google Weirdos, Linux Vulnerability of the week, and a lucky listener wins a copy of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise with 25 licenses compliments of the Microsoft Regional Director Program Rory also unleashed some of his own music during the intermission! All in all, this is a very informative and lively show.
All About DevDays
3/16/2004
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Duration: 32:00

Chris Flores, Jay Roxe, and Brian Goldfarb from Microsoft tell developers what they can expect from DevDays, a one-day conference in your local area hosted by Microsoft and your local Regional Director. For about a hundred bucks you can get the PDC build of Whidbey and some incredible sample code that you can use right away to build and secure smart client and ASP.NET applications. 1 Hour
Ted Neward and Bruce Tate talk Java
3/1/2004
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Duration: 01:52:00

Ted Neward and Bruce Tate talk about the relationship between Java and .NET, underscoring the issues with interop between the two platforms. Also discussed: cultural differences between the Java and .NET communities, the Pet Store Benchmark, the Jump Toolkit and J#, Naked Objects, unit testing, refactoring, the Standard Widget Toolkit, Mono, Rotor, Java on the client vs on the server, Swing, Sun vs Microsoft ideology, rabid zealotry in the Java community, languages vs platforms, open source, and the future of Java IDEs. Dan Appleman stopped by to talk about languages and what's new at Desaware. As always, Rory does Google Weirdos, and Carl exposes the Linux Vulnerability of the Week
Scott Hanselman takes on ASP.NET - LIVE!
2/23/2004
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Duration: 02:00:00

He's back and he's pissed! Not really, but we've always wanted to say that. Scott Hanselman talks with Carl and Rory about the following: * ASP.NET * Declarative Programming * "Word Documents have no teeth" * Client Side Validation * Code Generation - CodeSmith * Caching * Performance Counters in ASP.NET * Perf Testing * "A caste system for APIs" * other ideas: blogging trends, usenet, google, toolbars, future interfaces, * where he's speaking this quarter.... * DevDays * Whidbey
.NET Success Stories Part 2
2/16/2004
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Duration: 01:10:00

In this, the second installment in our ongoing ".NET Success Stories" series, Carl talks with Jesse Ezell and Chris Kinsman about projects they have developed and successfully deployed with Microsoft .NET languages, tools, and technologies.Chris talks about a huge project done for an insurance company that successfully uses ASP.NET and Windows Forms with autodeployment. As well, he talks about some applications he wrote for slot machine management at a casino.In the second half, Jesse Ezell discusses an application he helped develop for Articulate Software that utilizes Flash as a server application to convert Powerpoint presentations to Flash.
Carl Franklin interviewed by Chris Sells and Rory
2/9/2004
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Duration: 01:08:00

Chris Sells and Rory Blyth interview Carl about communications programming (serial, sockets, and MIDI), teaching, and the meaning of life. It's a fun and informative show, that you shouldn't miss.
.NET Rocks! Live!
1/30/2004
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Duration: 01:58:00

Hey, it's our first Live .NET Rocks! Show EVER! Oh yeah, we recorded a show live at the PDC, but we didn't broadcast it live! What's more, Carl's co-host is none-other than the infamous Rory Blyth This show is 2 hours long, and commenced Friday, January 30, 2004 at 12PM EST, 9AM PST. In the first hour, Bill Vaughn and Peter Blackburn talk about SQL Reporting Services, Microsoft's foray into the data reporting market. In the second hour, Carl and Rory welcome noted VB and PC guru Dan Appleman to talk about marketing hype, how developers are spending their time, and his new book Always Use Protection Rory is moving to New London March 1st. So, the new live show format will commence March 5th, and will be only format for .NET Rocks! going forward. Remember! Friday's at Noon Eastern!
Brian Noyes on ClickOnce
1/26/2004
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Duration: 01:07:00

In our first post-Mark show, Carl interviews developer and author Brian Noyes. Brian has focused his studies and development efforts on Smart Client development, and in this interview brings us from AutoDeployment of Windows Forms applications into ClickOnce, the next-generation deployment and update technology from Microsoft that will ship with the .NET Framework 2.0. We talk about the issues around AutoDeployment, and how Microsoft is addressing those issues with ClickOnce.
Rory Blyth on Rory Blyth
1/19/2004
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Duration: 01:16:00

In this, Mark's last show, Carl and Mark welcome Rory Blyth, who writes a very popular blog at neopoleon.com. Rory's blog has become well known at Microsoft and in the .NET blogsphere in general.Rory talks about the .NET community and the Open Source Software (OSS) community, writing, blogging, driving to the PDC from Las Vegas, Longhorn, and lots of other great stuff. This one is not to be missed!
Sam Gentile on COM Interop
1/12/2004
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Duration: 01:02:00

Carl and Mark have a chat with Sam Gentile (pronounced gen-TILL-ee) about sci-fi authors, COM Interop's problems, Extreme Programming, dual programming, unit testing, Sam's thoughts on the state of the .NET Framework, Groove, what's wrong with Com Interop, the cross-platform potential of the .NET Framework, the CLI, Rotor and Mono.
Don Box on SOAP and WSE
1/5/2004
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Duration: 01:12:00

Carl and Mark have a chat with the one and only Don Box about SOAP, WSE, Longhorn, Indigo, COM, the PDC, Band on the Runtime, and the meaning of life. Don reveals a few gems about Indigo, and talks about the ways in which Indigo makes web services better.
Robert Green on Visual Studio Tools for Office
12/15/2003
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Duration: 53:00

Carl and Mark talk to Robert about the new Visual Studio Tools for Office, VBA, XML, Office and DataSets, Scripting, and using Word and Excel as the User Interface layer for your .NET framework applications. Robert also talks about some features of up-coming versions of these tools in the Whidbey timeframe. This is great stuff!
Pat Hynds on Security
11/24/2003
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Duration: 01:12:00

Carl talks with pat about Security, from the general concepts to the practical tips and in between. Pat draws on his millitary background to render a keen understanding of how to secure today's complex systems. You will pick up some great tips, and hopefully start thinking of security issues in your everyday development efforts after listening to this show. Pat Rocks!
The .NET Rocks Quiz Show at the PDC
11/10/2003
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Duration: 29:00
Robert Scoble on Blogging
10/27/2003
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Duration: 01:06:00

Carl and Mark talk to Robert about Blogging, Longhorn, and the PDC. Lots of great stories, blogging for dummies, and a sneak peak at what happened at the PDC. They also talk about security, and Merrill Lynch's open letter to Sun, among other things.
Scott Guthrie on ASP.NET 2.0
10/6/2003
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Duration: 01:05:00

Carl and Mark chat with Scott about the new features of ASP.NET 2.0 (code-named Whidbey). Scott's keen understanding of the high and low-level features of Whidbey, Yukon, and IIS 6.0 really shine through in this interview where the topics include performance, caching and cache dependency, VS.NET tools, data access, using Yukon with ASP.NET 2.0, sharing session state, backward-compatibility, and code enhancements as well as a time-frame for when to expect alphas, betas, and the like.
Carl and Mark at the Dutch Tavern
9/22/2003
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Duration: 55:00

This week Carl and Mark throw down a few pints at the historic Dutch Tavern in downtown New London, CT and you're invited! Listen to stories from their recent week of teaching a VB.NET class to 27 people, challenging code puzzles, interesting characters, and of course, beer. This is a very relaxed show, but don't think you won't learn a thing or two. C'mon! Just have one more Black and Tan! Note: The show starts out a bit noisy, then gets better. There were some rowdy people in there when we first started recording, and they left shortly afterwords. Another Note: We found out about feedster.com well after we had recorded this show. Feedster is indeed the "google for blogs" that Carl and Mark were talking about in the show.
Microsoft VB.NET Team
9/8/2003
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Duration: 01:13:00

This is a rare opportunity to have a conversation with people at Microsoft who are so closely tied to VB and VB.NET. They talked about new features in Whidbey, the next version of Visual Basic expected out in 2004 sometime, including some features that nobody knows about outside of the Alpha program! You'll have to listen to find out what they are! Carl and Mark talked about the things they like and have disliked about VB in the past, and how VB.NET has really brought the language to the forefront of the serious development community. As well, they ask some interesting questions like, "what parts of the .NET Framework were written in VB.NET" and other goodies. There are plenty of laughs as well. If you're a VB programmer, you've got to hear this!
Marcie Robillard on the ASP.NET DataGrid
8/25/2003
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Duration: 01:04:00

Her area of expertise is (obviously) the ASP.NET DataGrid. She talks with Mark and Carl about various aspects of the DataGrid. She talks about common mistakes, common solutions, workarounds, what is it best suited for, what is it not suited well for, etc. Marcie also talks about Inheritance and web controls, managing viewstate, custom columns, blogging, and some of her favorite books on ASP.NET
Brent Rector on Intellectual Property and CAS
8/11/2003
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Duration: 01:02:00

Mark and Carl talk with Brent about intellectual property, namely assembly and application obfuscation: techniques used, and the resultant binaries. They also talk about Remoting and get Brent's take on the value of Remoting. But the big gem in this show, we think, is Brent's 5-minute description of how Code Access Security works, which we immediately recognize as something very special.
Juval Löwy (Again)
7/21/2003
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Duration: 58:00

This week, Carl and Mark talk to Juval Lowy about, among other things, the new version of C# (2.0). Of the new features, Juval's favorite is Generics. Generics allow you to define data structures without committing to actual data types. This results with significant performance boost, higher quality code and faster development, because you get to reuse data processing algorithms without duplicating type-specific code
Carl and Mark Fly Solo!
7/14/2003
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Duration: 53:00

This week Carl and Mark got to do a show they've been waiting for a long time to do. The conversation touches on the new application blocks (bluebricks - from the MS Patterns and Practices Group), string handling, using the BitConverter class for fast file i/o, serialization, XMLDataDocuments and XSLT, inheritance, instrumentation, the ASP.NET Cache object, and some great stories from the trenches, especially Mark's great training stories which always contain an array of shady characters and companies. All in all, its an hour well spent for .NET developers
Matthew Reynolds (.NET 247)
7/7/2003
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Duration: 01:01:00

Carl engaged Matthew in a lively discussion about his incredible website (.NET 24/7) which provides instant gratification for help on any of the classes in the .NET framework in the form of links to published articles, newsgroup discussions, and blog entries. Matthew is a big fan of weblogs, which he discusses in the interview. They also talked about the C# vs. VB.NET issue, and other issues associated with particular languages. As well, the conversation touched on the next versions of the framework and VS.NET. Matthew is happy to receive comments or feedback on any topic via his webblog at weblogs.asp.net. Please don't send us email about the poor quality of the audio. The source recording was not good, and we have made it as good as it can be.
Tim Huckaby
6/30/2003
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Duration: 01:08:00

Tim talks about projects, demos, info-path, drinking water out of a vodka bottle, VS Tools for Office, Speaking at Tech-Ed, smart clients and all the stuff he learned working at Microsoft in Redmond.
INETA
6/23/2003
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Duration: 01:02:00

The International .NET Association (INETA) provides structured, peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoftr .NET user groups. INETA's mission is to offer assistance and resources to community groups that promote and educate their membership in Microsofts .NET technologies. INETA welcomes all facets of the .NET user community, from developers and architects to project managers and IT professionals. Members can be user groups or special interest groups that: Focus on a single aspect of .NET, such as VB.NET, C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, etc. Target the entire .NET platform Concentrate on other technologies but are also interested in .NET INETA is the next evolution in user group communities - a non-profit, independent organization, chartered with supporting all user groups interested in the Microsoft .NET platform. INETA is run by a board of user group leaders, elected by their peers, and supported by Microsoft Corporation and other sponsors.
Microsoft .NET Evangelism Team
6/16/2003
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Duration: 01:03:00

This show is a lively and candid conversation with three members of the Microsoft .NET Evangelism team. In this episode Mark takes a break to enjoy his sons last baseball game of the season. Carl talks to the team about what they do and how their efforts impact the quality of the framework and developer tools in general. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the daily operations of the .NET Evangelism team and how it operates. Other topics include companies that Microsoft has worked with as early adopters, Visual Basic.NET vs C#, why Regional Directors are so special (grin), why web services are the new focus of the .NET moniker and why it gives developers severe acid reflux, why developers are still stuck on nanosecond-level performance differences, differences between DevDays; Tech-Ed; and the Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Fascinating stuff. Also, Carl plays a wicked cool guitar piece in lieu of the first ad spot!
Chris Sells (Again)
6/9/2003
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Duration: 01:00:00

Chris talks with Carl and Mark about Longhorn, Working at Microsoft, his book with Don Box, his new Windows Forms book, dealing with Printer Margins, passing command-line arguments to auto-deployed applications, linking assemblies, the new Matrix movie, whats new in Ghengis, and answers the age old question "to GAC or not to GAC?"
Jorge Oblitas
6/2/2003
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Duration: 56:00

Carl and Mark talk to Jorge about how developers think, their approach to problem solving, how Microsoft makes development too easy sometimes, and about how developers think of their role in their companies. This is a fun interview. We even got to talk about music (Jorge is a bass player) and booze (of course!) in Peru
Ingo Rammer
5/19/2003
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Duration: 51:00

Carl caught up with Ingo at the New Orleans Hilton during DevConnections, a conference where they were both speaking. Carl and ingo talk all about .NET Remoting, and Ingo shares some critical insights that come from his experiences with Remoting. Ingo also talks about the new WSE (Web Service Extentions). Nicolas Landry stops by and talks about his experiences at DevConnections, Java compatibility with SOAP, SmartPhones, and other intersting tidbits.
Russ Fustino
5/5/2003
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Duration: 01:00:00

Russ talks with us about the Windows Server 2003 and Visual Studio.NET 2003 launch (recorded the same day), what's new in VS.NET 2003, upgrading, and what's new in the New England district
Michael Stuart
4/28/2003
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Duration: 01:21:00

He talks with us about the current blocks available, for ADO.NET and Exception Handling, and also gives us a sneak peek at the next bluebricks coming down the road, including a User Interface facade layer, an application updater (using the BITS Background Internet Transfer Service), and a Configuration Manager block for dealing with config files, including code for persisting connection strings.
Dino Esposito
4/21/2003
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Duration: 01:10:00

Dino shares some valuable tips and insights into the innerworkings of ASP.NET security, IIS Impersonation, how VIEWSTATE is encoded, the serialization engine, how to store encrypted values in the registry, inline code vs. CodeBehind, and Italian Rock bands. We also learn that Dino has an extreme distaste for barbeque. Dino shares some topics of some of his best articles, including an ASP.NET control that generates a bar chart with pure html tables. He talks about one of the talks that he'll be doing at DevConnections in which he shows you how to write Plug-ins that users can add into your applications. He also talked about his new 1000-page book, Programming Microsoft ASP.NET
Paul Sheriff
4/14/2003
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Duration: 01:10:00

Paul talks with Mark and Carl about ASP.NET performance tuning, tips, viewstate info, smart navigation, layout mode and more, and Paul shares some great insights and stories from the field. Lots of great tips and information here.
Andrew Brust
3/31/2003
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Duration: 01:09:00

Carl and Mark talk to Andrew about data binding, data adapters, connected and dis-connected models, stored procedures, performance and encapsulation.
Ethan Winer and Bob Zale
3/24/2003
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Duration: 53:00

Carl and Mark talk with Ethan and Bob about the Good Old Days of the BASIC language, and some of their experiences early on in the first days of the industry, as well as PowerBASIC past, present, and future, crazy tech-support calls, and other stories.
Stephen Forte
3/17/2003
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Duration: 01:11:00

Stephen talks about the International .NET Association (INETA - www.ineta.org), relates his .NET success stories, and talks about design patterns, COM Interop, Performance Anxiety, ASP.NET Forms Authentication, ViewState, Caching, and the DataGrid control. The DataGrid Girl (www.datagridgirl.com) calls and yaks with Carl, Mark, and Stephen about the ASP.NET DataGrid.
Bill Vaughn (Again)
3/10/2003
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Duration: 53:00

Bill talks with us again picking up where our last conversation with him left off, talking about ADO.NET concurrency, SQL database design, dealing with Data Adapters, and a few other interesting tangents. Always good stuff with Mr. V!
Scott Hanselman
3/3/2003
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Duration: 01:08:00

Mark Dunn is on temporary leave in Redmond, WA this week teaching a beta Architecture class. Scott and Carl chat about .NET, C#, Reflection, Regular Expressions, Freeware, Code Sharing, Config Files, Sockets, Multi-Threaded programming, and a laundry list of Scott's favorite utilities (shown below) that you just have to check out. We had a few comments that the shows were not loud enough. So, starting with this show the volume has been maximized.
Alan Cooper
1/27/2003
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Duration: 01:22:00

Alan has a lot to say about programming, programmers, and focuses intently on what's wrong with programming as we know it. Why do businesspeople fear programmers? Is the construction of software managed? These topics and more are the focus of this monumental episode of .NET Rocks! Alan tells the story of that meeting where he showed Visaul Basic (then code-named Ruby) to Bill Gates and his people.
Michèle Leroux Bustamante
1/20/2003
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Duration: 01:11:00

Michele discusses the differences between programming in Java space vs. .NET from her own first hand experience.
.NET Sucess Stories Part 1
1/13/2003
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Duration: 01:05:00

This is the first of a series of shows we are going to do this year highlighting .NET Success Stories; companies that have implemented .NET applications successfully as either pilot projects or production projects. In this show we hear from two different companies
Ken Getz
12/23/2002
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Duration: 01:11:00

Ken talks about asynchronous calls, events, delegates, the next version of Microsoft Office, printing, C# vs VB.NET, being a control freak, Visual Studio.NET 2003, and training videos.
Nickolas Landry
12/16/2002
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Duration: 01:41:00

Carl and Mark talk with Nick about Mobile computing, and how .NET fully supports mobile devices. A surprise phone call from Tim Huckaby forces us to extend this lousy show for an extra half-hour, but you'll be glad you stuck it out to hear his Bill Gates story.
Scott Stanfield
12/9/2002
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Duration: 01:02:00

Scott talks about the human side of software development, the .NET Pet Shop wars; a now famous head-to-head battle between .NET and Java, and talks about his company, Vertigo Software, and the work that they do with .NET including the Pet Shop application.
Chris Sells
12/2/2002
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Duration: 01:32:00

Chris talks with Carl and Mark about COM and .NET components, finalizers, disposing, Smart Client Windows Forms Applications (we still don't know what to call these things), how to navigate sellsbrothers.com, interview weed-out questions, and why he calls it Sells Brothers. Also, Chris finally clears up the age-old question of why C++ programmers feel so superior to mere humans. Chris' main web page is www.sellsbrothers.com. There you can subscribe to his many lists and take advantage of all the great free information and code he shares with the community. Chris writes regularly for MSDN Magazine on advanced topics. Trust us, you will save yourself hours of guesswork by taking an hour and a half of your day to listen to this interview. This show was actually recorded in mid-November, and its still fresh!
Dev Connections
10/28/2002
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Duration: 01:58:00

.NET Rocks! went on the road to VS.NET Connections, an awesome .NET developer conference in Orlando, FL that took place October 27-30, 2002. We have two hours of interviews with speakers and attendees, which make for a really enjoyable and informative show.
Bill Vaughn
10/14/2002
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Duration: 01:10:00

Carl and Mark talk to bill about ADO.NET, DataAdapters, Yukon, Concurrency, JET (Bill Hates Jet), MSDE, DTS, and other critical stuff. This is classic Vaughn!This is also the genesis of the messy hair joke that permeates our shows and videos.
Mark Anders
10/7/2002
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Duration: 01:08:00

Carl and Mark talk with Mark Anders about ASP.NET, Framework v1.1, Languages, IIS 6.0, and other great topics. This week we had some celebrity callers: Chris Sells and MSDN Regional Director Stephen Forte ring the show, making for some great tech talk.
Jonathan Zuck
9/30/2002
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Duration: 01:03:00

Carl and Mark have a great chat with Jonathan Zuck about protecting the free market system from anti-competitive legislation championed by companies that want to use Washington to limit the power and effectiveness of their competitors. Not only that, but they talk about some new announcements by Microsoft about what we can expect from new versions, and from Microsoft in the immediate future.
Juval Löwy
9/23/2002
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Duration: 46:00

Carl and Mark have an enlightening talk with Juval Löwy about COM+ Enterprise Services, and how they relate to .NET. If you thought Enterprise Services (COM+) was just about Transactions and Object Pooling, you've got to check this out. Juval believes that we will all be using Enterprise Services in the near future because it will be time-prohibitive (and therefore cost-prohibitive) not to do so.
Billy Hollis
9/16/2002
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Duration: 01:00:00

This week Carl and Mark interview Billy Hollis, noted speaker and .NET expert. Billy and Rockford Lhotka had the first VB.NET book on the market from Wrox Press. Since then, Billy has taught VB.NET classes and done consulting for major companies, as well as authoring (or co-authoring) at least 8 books on .NET. He is the MSDN Regional Director (RD) for Tennessee, and was RD of the year in 2001. He authors many articles, including a regular column at MSDN called Adventures in VB.NET Billy talks about ASP.NET vs Smart Client applications, Remoting, and offers lots of great advice and information to VB.NET programmers.
Dan Appleman
9/9/2002
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Duration: 52:00

This, our second show was recorded live from the Microsoft Offices in Waltham, MA at the montly meeting of the .NET User Group of Greater Boston. Carl and Mark interview Dan Appleman of Desaware, Inc. Dan shares his insights into .NET and offers advice to shops looking at moving to .NET. Topics include Interop, obfuscators, assemblies and memory, performance, C# vs VB.NET, State Machines, and more.
Pat Hynds
8/30/2002
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Duration: 48:00

Look out! It's .NET Rocks! In this, the premiere episode, Carl interviews Pat Hynds from Critical Sites, a Sun Partner, IBM Partner, and Microsoft Partner. He shares his insights into .NET and provides real-world stories of development in J2EE and Visual Studio.NET, and compares the results.

.NET Rocks!

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